Release Engineering for pkgsrc

Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>

pkgsrc usage

• Tracking -current (always the latest)
• Stable branches (stable & security bugs fixed)

How are stable branches created?

• quarterly
• preceded by "freeze" period

Freeze

• usually two weeks
• reduced updating
• concentrating on build fixes
• and closing PRs!

Freeze end

• cut branch (in CVS)
• release announcement (mail, www)
• localsrc/releng/releng-pkgsrc

Binary packages

• NetBSD: dedicated build hosts for amd64/i386
• binaries on nbftp
• other platforms volunteer effort :(

branch maintenance

• security fixes
• rarely other fixes (build)
• four eyes principle
• must be requested by developers!

how to request pullups

• Easy!
• look at diff to branch
• test on branch, if possible
• forward commit message(s) to pullup-pkgsrc

pullup-pkgsrc needs manpower

• while not critical,
• a couple more people would be great