On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 12:37 -0400, John Dennis wrote:
On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 18:03 +0200, Bernd Bartmann wrote:
> Again several updates/erratas for FC3 appeared on the download mirrors
> but were never announced.
It's worthwhile to point out that the process for getting a new rpm
signed and pushed is entirely manual done via email requests. A
developer sends an email asking for the package to be pushed. It may
take between 1 hour and 2 days for the request to be honored. He cannot
generate the announcement until the sign/push occurs because the MD5
sums won't be correct until the package is signed. So it is entirely
possible for a package to get signed while the developer is gone and he
may not be able to generate the announcement until he returns. Because
of the manual nature of the process and the inherent delays it is
entirely possible for several days to transpire between a package making
an appearance and the announcement.
Why not have a template that the packager fills out partially with
%summary, %description, etc., then have a place where the signer puts
the md5sums. That way the packager doesn't have to worry about when the
packages are signed, and the announcement can go out as soon as the
updates are ready.
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