[Pkg-giraffe-discuss] z-push in experimental (Re: z-push packages ready for uploading to NEW?)

[Guido Günther]

Hi Roel,
On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 09:57:36PM +0200, Roel van Meer wrote:
> Carsten Schoenert writes:
> 
> > congrats, you are in and here you go:
> > 
> > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/z-push
> 
> Great!

Yeah, that's great news!

> 
> > So you can start to import the latest version of z-push and prepare a
> > new upload for testing. ;)
> 
> Should be ready:
> 
> https://github.com/roelvanmeer/z-push-packaging
> https://travis-ci.org/roelvanmeer/z-push-packaging
> 
> I've pushed this with a snapshot changelog from gbp, because I don't really
> know what is good practice with regards to releasing and versioning.
> 
> I've looked at lintian and everything packaging-related, but I haven't been
> able to test the package itself in production yet. So, should I release this
> as 2.3.8-1 straight away, and put any fixes (if they are necesssary) into
> 2.3.8-2? Or should I push what I have now as an unreleased version and
> release it later? Or maybe don't push anything until I've had a chance to
> test it (at least somewhat)?

As a rule of thumb: don't upload completely untested software,
not even to experimental. You should at least be sure the package
installs, upgrades and runs with basic functionality. Otherwise this is
quiet frustrating to users of your packages.
To put out untested stuff we have the repository on alioth:x

    https://wiki.debian.org/Groupware/Kopano?action=show&redirect=Groupware%2FGiraffe#pkg-giraffe_package_repository

Cheers,
 -- Guido

> 
> Do you have any advice or pointers to documentation?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roel
> 
> 
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