Hi Paul,
I used the release notes to upgrade a bookworm system to a trixie system. I like the new layout of the release notes, thanks for the layout upgrade :-) Overall it went very well, for the only real issue I run into, I filed a bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1102994 I am not a Debian developer, therefore I cannot create a pull request for fixes in the release notes myself, for the two minor issues I found: At least some versions mentioned on https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/whats-new.en.html are not updated, e.g. for Plasma, Libreoffice and gnucash (I guess applies for the others as well). The table seems to be at least partially updated (e.g. gimp). I think, this section does not apply anymore if upgrading from bookworm https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/upgrading.en.html#the-non-free-and-non-free-firmware-components Thanks for preparing an outstanding trixie release, I like it a lot :-) Rainer Am Samstag, 29. März 2025, 09:13:25 CEST schrieb Paul Gevers: > Hi all, > > === trixie Transition and Toolchain freeze === > > We're pleased to announce that the freeze for Debian 13 'trixie' has > begun. On March 15th we stopped accepting transition requests and we are > working to complete the transitions in progress. We ask the maintainers > of packages that are part of the toolchain to stop uploading those > packages [1] without prior approval from us. We remind everybody to stop > uploading large or disruptive changes to unstable, from here on > experimental is the place to do that. > > Further details of the freeze are available in the freeze policy [2]. > The freeze contains 3 more milestones: > * 2025-04-15 - Milestone 2 - Soft Freeze > no new packages, delayed migration > * 2025-05-15 - Milestone 3 - Hard Freeze - key packages and packages > without autopkgtests need a manual unblock for migration > * TBA - Milestone 4 - Full Freeze > all packages need a manual unblock for migration > > === RC bugs === > > The current list of Release Critical bugs for trixie [3] is > progressively looking better. Thanks to everybody who is helping > out. That said, we're not there yet, ideally the number of RC bugs goes > down to zero. And autoremoval has done it's job, there's a large set of > packages that are currently *not* in trixie, so this is your last chance > to bring them back. > > Don't forget to organize your bug squashing parties: > https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/ There's one planned for the end of April. > > === release notes === > > We like to draw your attention to the release notes. We have hardly > received any proposals (or even ideas), don't forget to file things > worth mentioning against the release-notes pseudo package in the bts or > prepare your MR on salsa [4]. The release notes editors will be helping > you to shape the text, so don't be shy and submit those rough ideas > already. > > === testing upgrades === > > If you are in the position to already upgrade some hosts from bookworm > to trixie, we like to hear from you if you run into issues. If you > don't know which package is to blame, please don't be shy and report it > against the upgrade-reports pseudo package and people following that > package will try and help find the right package (help wanted for the > triaging). > > === your packages === > > Please take this opportunity to check packages are in their final shape > and stay vigilant for release-critical bugs. > > On behalf of the Release Team, > Paul > > [1] https://release.debian.org/testing/essential-and-build-essential.txt > [2] https://release.debian.org/testing/freeze_policy.html > [3] https://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi > [4] https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/ -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/
