[gdal-dev] Release 1.10.2?

[sebastic]

On 2015-09-09 13:33, Ari Jolma wrote:
> On 09.09.2015 14:21, sebastic wrote:
>> On 2015-09-09 12:51, Ari Jolma wrote:
>>> 1.10.1 was released two years ago and there seems to be >60 commits 
>>> to
>>> that branch since.
>>> 
>>> For example the latest Debian (Jessie) seems to still use GDAL 1.10.
>>> 
>>> Is it time for 1.10.2?
>> 
>> For Debian there is no need for a 1.10.2 release, such an update is 
>> not eligible for a stable update.
> 
> Thanks for this. Could you elaborate a bit on why it is not eligible?

For stable updates Debian follows have pretty much the same policy as 
for security updates, only changes fixing important or higher severity 
issues are considered for inclusion during the lifetime of the stable 
release, not entire new upstream (patch) releases.

This policy is documented on the website of the Debian Release Team:

"
  Suite update policy

  stable
      Fast response for security updates.
     *Minor updates include security and other important fixes only.*
      Major updates are sourced from testing, and are infrequent, but 
large.
"

https://release.debian.org/

The Debian Developer's Reference further documents this policy:

"
  3.1.2. Maintain packages in stable

  Most of the package maintainer's work goes into providing updated 
versions of packages in unstable, but their job also entails taking care 
of the packages in the current stable release.

  While changes in stable are discouraged, they are possible. Whenever a 
security problem is reported, you should collaborate with the security 
team to provide a fixed version (see Section 5.8.5, “Handling 
security-related bugs”). When bugs of severity important (or more) are 
reported against the stable version of your packages, you should 
consider providing a *targeted fix*. You can ask the stable release team 
whether they would accept such an update and then prepare a stable 
upload (see Section 5.5.1, “Special case: uploads to the stable and 
oldstable distributions”).
"

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch03.en.html#maintain-stable

In the case of GDAL the commits in the 1.10 branch are ideal candidates 
for the targeted fixes required for stable updates.

Kind Regards,

Bas