[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bootstrap of rust

[Luca Bruno]

On Wednesday 21 January 2015 12:59:57 Jordan Justen wrote:

> I had been told by another DD that experimental doesn't really make
> sense for 'new' packages. I was told it was useful for newer versions
> of a package to make sure it did not break existing users of the
> package.

Different minds, different rules of thumb :)
I'd likely target experimental as the package is complex and the topic is 
hype: I expect people to start installing it as soon as it hit unstable, just 
for sake of curiosity; OTOH, we may want to tweak/split the package on the 
way, and I prefer doing that in a compensation chamber like experimental 
(where people have to got the extra mile to get it).
 
> Anyway, I think my concern with alpha is not too likely to be an
> issue, so I don't mind your change to plain alpha.

I was guessing it right then. I'd resort to mangling upstream versions only 
when needed, and I am quite confident that next tarball will be labeled 
-beta1.
  
> I don't think we should force push after the first upload.

Never would be even better. Unfortunately, we are also bound to ftp-master 
decision on the matter, so this is not something we know now for sure.
I'd say, let's wait to know the final path to follow and discuss repo micro-
management later.
 
> And, I'm wondering when you guys think you'll try to do the first
> upload? My experience with the new queue is 3+ months, and I think
> rust 1.0.0 might be out before then.

NEW processing is something that really depends on the time of upload.
It's currently around quota 190 and our package is problematic per-se, so yes 
I would expect at least a couple of months of processing delay.
OTOH, we can upload new revisions to the NEW queue when they come out.

Sylvestre is pimping builds to upload it ASAP, and I'm reviewing and updating 
bits as we speak. I don't have a ETA, but we can go as soon we think it is ok.

The major blocker at this point is the copyright, which is still stuck at 
around 0.8/0.9.

Cheers, Luca

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