Frameworks releases timing

[Ben Cooksley]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 10:22 AM Heiko Becker <heiko.becker at kde.org> wrote:

> On Thursday, 9 September 2021 10:10:29 CEST, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 9:54 AM Adriaan de Groot <groot at kde.org> wrote:
> > - is there a polite tap-on-the-shoulder kind of message to send to
> distro's
> >> if
> >> the answer is "no", to remind them not to push out packages before the
> >> dust
> >> settles? (e.g. for respins &c)
> >>
> >
> > If memory serves, the agreement for pre-release tarballs is that
> > distributions may package and test them internally, but they're not to
> make
> > them available to general users.
>
> I would assume they are available to general users, if they are visible to
> repology.
>
> This also isn't limited to Frameworks, I ususally also see new KDE Gear
> releases in repology before the actual release date (and I think a few
> times even a <version>+a for respins).
>

I've checked with both distributions and in both cases they were
unintentional due to accidental publishing, or to Repology finding a
private repository.
The distributions in question have now corrected both of those.


> Regards,
> Heiko
>

Cheers,
Ben
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