Package update acceptance criteria

This policy is currently being implemented
acceptance tests are not yet live, but the other sections should be now

For a package to be pushed to the stable updates repository, it must meet the following criteria.

Acceptance tests for all updates

This section is not yet enabled in production

All updates, including security updates, must pass acceptance criteria before being pushed.

The list of tests will be:

• Packages must not break dependencies
• Packages must not break upgrade path
• Packages must not introduce new file/package conflicts
• Packages must be able to install cleanly

Additional tests will be set by FESCo with input from QA.

Updates to 'important' packages

Updates that constitute a part of the 'important' package set (defined below) including security updates must follow the rules as defined for critical path packages for pending releases, meaning:

• a Proventester must portion out one positive Bodhi karma AND
• a second logged in tester must portion out one positive Bodhi karma

The 'important' package set is defined as the following:

• The current critical path package set
• All major desktop environments' core functionality (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE)
• Package updating frameworks (gnome-packagekit, kpackagekit)
• Major desktop productivity apps. An initial list would be firefox, kdebase (konqueror), thunderbird, evolution, kdepim (kmail).

Changes to this criteria would be done by FESCo or their delegate.

All other updates

enforcement of one week in updates-testing is not yet enabled in production

All other updates must either:

• reach the criteria laid out in section 2 OR
• reach the positive Bodhi karma threshold specified by the updates submitter OR
• spend some minimum amount of time in updates-testing, currently one week

Exception process

Any update that wants to bypass these procedures requires majority approval from FESCo.