Lenny Release Goals

The [:DebianLenny:lenny] release goals are actually listed at http://release.debian.org/lenny/goals.txt, but I found that page too weird to use in terms of "how can I contribute today", so I made this page with more useful links and information. The links are intentionally shaped to give useful information to an NMU-happy developer. For example, the list of bugs in unstable is primarily interesting for developers because that is where you would upload. The list of bugs in testing shows how many fixed packages still need to be helped into testing.

Goal

Status

testing

unstable

Release-critical bugs

many bugs (> 200)

[http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php?bydist=lenny&sortby=packages&ignhinted=on&ignclaimed=on&ignnew=on&ignpending=on&ignbritney=on&ignotherfixed=on&new=7&refresh=1800 testing]

[http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php?bydist=both&sortby=packages&ignhinted=on&ignclaimed=on&ignnew=on&ignpending=on&ignbritney=on&ignotherfixed=on&new=7&refresh=1800 both]

Double build support

some bugs (> 20)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org&tag=qa-doublebuild&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org&tag=qa-doublebuild&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

Switch /bin/sh to dash

many bugs (> 100)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=goal-dash&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=goal-dash&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

Dependency-based init systems

only a few bugs left (< 5)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=initscripts-ng-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=initscripts-ng-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

GCC 4.3

only a few bugs left (< 10)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=tbm@cyrius.com&tag=ftbfs-gcc-4.3&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=tbm@cyrius.com&tag=ftbfs-gcc-4.3&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

Piuparts-clean archive

many bugs (> 40)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=piuparts-stable-upgrade&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=piuparts-stable-upgrade&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

IPv6

about 25 bugs left, but many important applications affected

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=tag&data=ipv6&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=tag&data=ipv6&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

No unmet recommends in main

only a few bugs left (< 10)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=goal-recommends&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=goal-recommends&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

I18n support in all debconf-using packages

3 bugs left!

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-i18n@lists.debian.org&tag=not-using-po-debconf&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-i18n@lists.debian.org&tag=not-using-po-debconf&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

Large file support

only a few bugs left (< 15)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=tag&data=lfs&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=tag&data=lfs&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

Python 2.5

only a few bugs left (< 5)

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=goal-python2.5&dist=testing&pend-exc=done testing]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-release@lists.debian.org&tag=goal-python2.5&suite=unstable&pend-exc=pending-fixed&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done unstable]

Completely done: