On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 12:11 AM Nicolas Lécureuil <k...@nicolaslecureuil.fr> wrote:
> Le 2021-11-13 04:15, Neal Gompa a écrit : > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 9:49 PM Ben Cooksley <bcooks...@kde.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> It has recently been brought to my attention that packages of KDE > >> Frameworks 5.88.0 have been prematurely released by the distribution > >> PCLinuxOS, as visible at https://repology.org/project/krunner/versions > >> > >> This is somewhat concerning for several reasons, but in particular > >> because they don't have an early access packager account of their own > >> - meaning they obtained the packages from someone else (either because > >> they directly shared their access, because they shared the packages > >> with PCLinuxOS or because PCLinuxOS has discovered the location of > >> source packages for one or more distributions). > >> > >> This is now the second time in as many months that packages have been > >> made available earlier than they should have by one or more > >> distributions. > >> > >> While this isn't a substantial problem, it is of concern as the > >> purpose of the pre-release mechanism is to allow any final issues to > >> be ironed out before the final release is announced and made publicly > >> available - which this premature release is defeating. > >> > >> It would be appreciated if distributions could please review whether > >> it is possible that PCLinuxOS obtained the packages via them and ask > >> the PCLinuxOS team to please contact us as it would be preferrable > >> that such premature leaks/releases did not take place. > >> > > > > I would be very shocked if PCLinuxOS interacts with the KDE community > > at all. My understanding is that they're quite insular and they grab > > package sources from other distros for their builds. > > > > At least right now, Fedora Rawhide and Mageia Cauldron have KF5 5.88 > > committed and built. Chances are pretty good that they got it from > > there. Fedora committed it 3 days ago. Mageia did it 4 days ago. > > > > If you want them to hold back, you'll have to reach out to PCLinuxOS > > yourself. > > Hi, > HI Nicolas, > i don't know if this is us or not but in any case we will be more > careful on when we release. > Your publication of the release has been fine - about the only thing I might suggest is periodically changing the location of your staging/test repository which contains the packages to break any automation people like the folks at PCLinuxOS have if they are harvesting the packages from you. > When we receive the mail about new release can we have the real "embargo > date" ? > > -- > Regards, > Nicolas Lécureuil > Mageia KDE Team > Cheers, Ben
