I wrote:
> Hi. It looks like tag2upload is finally moving. We have done at
> least one very basic end-to-end test upload of the most simple case,
> which was successful. \o/
We have now sent a mail to our beta programme participants, inviting
them to try out git-debpush in experimental. Copy of the mail below
FYI.
This is all very exciting.
> tl;dr:
> - Can you read Python fluently?
> - Are you available for a small code-reading task in the next week?
> - Would you like to help with tag2upload?
> If so, please get in touch! No knowledge of tag2upload needed.
> No actual programming involved - unless you want to :-).
We now have two volunteers, which should be ample. Thanks to Xiyue
Deng and Matthias Urlichs.
Ian.
From: Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To: tag2upload beta programme enquirers:;
CC: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Bcc: ...
Subject: tag2upload beta programme commencement
Message-ID: <26659.7637.331576.295...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 11:24:21 +0100
Hi. Thanks for your interest in tag2upload.
We have good news! tag2upload is now finally live. \o/
But, there are some caveats.
* There has been almost no end-to-end-testing of the whole system.
It is likely that some kinds of uploads will fail (but we don't
know which).
* Debian is currently in the Hard Freeze. See:
https://release.debian.org/testing/freeze_policy.html#hard
* So, you should not use tag2upload to upload to unstable.
Target only experimental for now. (Before running `git-debpush`,
check that your changelog targets experimental.) If you prefer
to wait until after the freeze, that is of course fine.
Having said all that:
We have enabled the packages you requested in your emails, in the
allowlist.
Please see
https://wiki.debian.org/tag2upload
for full instructions.
We would like to encourage you to make test uploads to experimental,
especially if your package seems unusual in its source code handling
(unusual source formats, quilt modes, orig tarball handling, etc).
Any uploads you make with git-depush will be fully live on real
infrastructure, so all the usual caveats about making uploads will
apply.
We hope that the documentation in the wiki and elsewhere is adequate.
There's instructions there for filing bugs if not :-).
We'll be keeping an eye on the system and look forward to seeing it
working.
Regards,
Ian and Sean.
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