Frameworks releases timing

Heiko Becker heiko.becker at kde.org
Thu Sep 9 23:22:29 BST 2021


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).

Regards,
Heiko


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