Re: Planning for 12.7/11.11

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 10:35:35PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A finally-final point release is required for bullseye, and we're a bit
> constrained on dates. The security team (CC) wish to cease security support
> from Wednesday 14th August and hand over to LTS as soon as a wash-up release
> can be organised.
> 
> The weekend of 24th August is unworkable. That leaves two options:
> 
>  - Saturday 17th August: this would mean freezing on the 10th, before
>    security support ends, so the security team's cooperation in keeping
>    non-critical DSAs off the table during the freeze period would be
>    required
> 
>  - Saturday 31st August: it's later than ideal, leaving a gap before LTS
>    starts work, but that may be unavoidable.
> 

Should be able to do either of these.

> Most likely this will need to be a double release again to avoid version
> and cadence skew for bookworm.
> 

Good for consistency - boo for double amounts of work :(

> Please could you indicate your availability for these dates as soon as
> possible.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
All best, as ever,

Andy
([email protected])
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