karmic release freeze approaching; FTBFS packages need attention

news · October 14, 2009

Dear developers,

With the release of Ubuntu 9.10 just over two weeks away, it will shortly

be time to freeze the archive to limit the number of last-minute changes

entering the release. On Thursday, October 15, the archive will be frozen,

after which uploads to main will require approval from the release team and

should be done only for changes which are critical for the release.

The list of release-critical bugs is tracked here:

Additional bugs that are considered "targets of opportunity" for the release

are found at:

If there are other bugs that you believe are important to fix before the

release which are not yet listed on the above pages, please get in touch

with me or another member of the release team.

Although uploads to main must be approved by the release team before they

are accepted, this does not mean that you need to get approval from the

release team prior to upload. If you have a reasonable belief that the

upload will be accepted (for example, because it includes minimal changes

necessary to fix a release-targetted bug), you are encouraged to upload

directly, so that the package can be reviewed in the "unapproved" queue

itself.

For uploads to universe and multiverse, the guidelines published a few

releases ago should still be a good starting point:

If you have any questions about this process, please follow up to the

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