Bits from the Release Team: release update

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Subject: Bits from the Release Team: release update

From: Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org>

Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:25:40 +0100

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Hi, We're approaching the final sprint towards Debian 9 "stretch". If you're still planning a BSP for stretch, now is the time to get it organised! Secure Boot =========== At a recent team meeting, we decided that support for Secure Boot in the forthcoming Debian 9 "stretch" would no longer be a blocker to release. The likely, although not certain outcome is that stretch will not have Secure Boot support. We appreciate that this will be a disappointment to many users and developers. However, we need to balance that with the limited time available for the volunteer teams working on this feature, and the risk of bugs being introduced through rushed development. It's possible that Secure Boot support could be introduced at some point in stretch's lifetime. RC bug status ============= At the time of writing, 143 RC bugs affected stretch. Just one of them is marked as a blocker and unfixed in sid: #861175 in cairocffi. Preparing for release ===================== We are beginning to consider the arrangements for releasing stretch. A release date is still undecided. Meanwhile, please continue to help with: - RC bugs - release note contributions - upgrade testing There are a number of internal items still to be dealt with, so a firm release date will be announced later. For the Release Team: -- Jonathan Wiltshire jmw@debian.org Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51