Re: [master] Various fixes to handling of preexisting devices

[David Lehman <dlehman redhat com>]

On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 09:39 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 03/10/2010 02:26 AM, David Lehman wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 18:18 -0600, David Lehman wrote:
> >> All of these should end up on f13-branch as well, although only patches
> >> 1-3 fix a blocker as of now. Patch 4 addresses a bug that came up while
> >> testing patches 1-3. Patch 5 is just in the same area, so I threw it in
> >> for good measure.
> >
> > Actually, as much as I'd like to cram in the whole set as a blocker fix,
> > it's really only the first two that are needed to fix #565848. Bah.
> >
> 
> Ugh, although I'm fine with the new branching policy I think we are
> freezing way to hard and way too early here. I think we should not go
> in beta blockers only mode until F-13 actually hits the beta freeze.

It is a bit painful, I agree, but the way we've done this in the past
has been problematic and needs some adjustment. I'm trying to find some
ground in between blockers-only and wide-open for perhaps now until two
days before the beta test compose, but I haven't settled on anything
yet.

> 
> We've just released the alpha, its not like the beta is even (very)
> close, let alone the RC's.

It's pretty close if you ask releng or QA. A week from today is a beta
test compose. A week after that is the first beta candidate compose.

> 
> Patch 3 fixes a long standing bug (probably more), I'm pretty sure
> it at least fixes bug 527444.

Agreed -- it's definitely something that should be fixed.

> 
> Patch 4 seems perfectly safe, so why not include it, as were not in
> beta freeze yet
> 
> Patch 5 idem.
> 
> >>
> >> Hans, 1-3 is the alternative I came up with for the deepcopy of the
> >> original device stack in ActionDestroyFormat.
> 
> Ack, I like, thanks!

Glad to hear it.

Dave

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans
> 
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