On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 08:39:59PM +0100, Robie Basak wrote: > On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 11:23:22AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > It is the nature of MRE exceptions that we declare that *such scrutiny is > > not required*, because we trust that upstream has a microrelease policy in > > place that makes this unnecessary.
> > While upstream has legitimate reasons for wishing to flag these > > configurations as broken, and they did document it prominently on their > > website, the fact that it was included in a microrelease means that their > > policy is not consistent with what our MRE policy requires; and therefore we > > cannot, under the present circumstances, delegate to upstream in this > > matter. > I agree with this principle. This kind of change should be considered on > a case-by-case basis by the SRU team and/or TB as appropriate[1] before > landing an Ubuntu stable release. So we cannot just delegate this to > upstream in this case. > However, given that they did document it prominently, I wonder if we > could find some middle ground, such as a requirement that somebody[2] > inspect upstream documentation for any such notices, document that > search, and then if none are found, trust the upstream microrelease to > be in line with our policies. I'm happy to have that discussion - I just didn't want to leave the MRE in its current state as a foot-gun to other SRU team members given the information we currently have. > Robie > [1] The current SRU policy on this matter was decided and delegated by > the TB and says: "In other cases where such upstream automatic testing > is not available, exceptions must still be approved by at least one > member of the Ubuntu Technical Board." > [2] Who exactly is an important matter for discussion. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
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