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

[Roel van Meer]

Guido Günther writes:

> > 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

That was actually what I was asking about: pushing to Alioth.

Say I add a commit to the current z-push version. I can push that to my own  
repo and ask Carsten to review it and push to Alioth (which is the current  
state of affairs) but I reckon this is not how we want to keep things for  
very long.

So maybe I should rephrase my question..

If I have one or more commits that should end up in the Z-push repo, should I

a) push only those commits to Alioth (keeping the changelog as it is)
b) push those commits to Alioth, ending with a commit that updates the  
changelog (with an UNRELEASED snapshot version)
c) hold my commits locally until I've had a chance to fully test everything,  
and then push them to Alioth, ending with a changelog entry for a new  
release.

I think option b) would be best, since c) doesn't help collaboration and a)  
leaves you with incorrect or inconsistent versioning if you rebuild from  
Alioth locally. However, b) can result in some more updates to the changelog  
file than the other two.


Thanks, and see you Wednesday.

Roel