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#debian-release Meeting
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Meeting started by jmw at 19:00:44 UTC. The full logs are available at
http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2016/debian-release.2016-09-28-19.00.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* Admin  (jmw, 19:05:57)
  * LINK:
    http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2016/debian-release.2016-08-24-19.05.html
    is the last minutes  (jmw, 19:06:22)
  * LINK:
    http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2016/debian-release.2016-07-27-19.00.html
    before those  (jmw, 19:07:59)

* MySQL/MariaDB variants  (jmw, 19:08:03)
  * There are some default-mysql-* packages now and the next version of
    lintian will nag about some uses of "old" MySQL packages  (jmw,
    19:22:43)
  * We still need to evaluate variants for Stretch when the alternative
    system is feasible  (jmw, 19:23:00)

* Porter roll-call  (jmw, 19:23:05)
  * Porter information has been updated in
    https://release.debian.org/stretch/arch_qualify.html  (jmw,
    19:23:17)

* Artwork  (jmw, 19:23:22)
  * Artwork has all been collated  (jmw, 19:23:35)
  * ACTION: nthykier Encourage shipping all artwork in a package  (jmw,
    19:24:00)
  * ACTION: nthykier Organise selection/voting of some sort  (jmw,
    19:24:10)

* Secure boot status  (jmw, 19:24:21)
  * shim package is in progress and awaiting an upload  (jmw, 19:26:03)
  * linux signing infrastructure is in progress; there are tentative
    patches for dak but need ftp-master input  (jmw, 19:28:41)
  * ACTION: jcristau to continue progressing  (jmw, 19:31:10)

* PIE by default for Stretch  (jmw, 19:33:17)
  * could reveal bugs in built binaries (but those should be fixed or
    PIE disabled)  (jmw, 19:38:28)
  * can cause slowdowns in register-starved architectures, including
    i386 (fixed in gcc5) and arm32  (jmw, 19:39:38)
  * majority of porters believe their architecture is ready  (jmw,
    19:40:30)
  * ACTION: nthykier Send mail to d-release about enabling PIE by
    default! If there are no major concerns brought up within a week,
    Stretch will go with PIE by default  (nthykier, 19:54:53)

* Architecture qualification  (jmw, 19:57:30)
  * ACTION: jmw organise architecture qualification in late October or
    early November  (jmw, 20:04:08)

* mips64el  (jmw, 20:04:35)
  * ACTION: nthykier promote mips64el to BREAK_ARCHES once
    libmysqlclient is available on mips64el, revert if there are issues
    (nthykier, 20:08:05)
  * the problem with mariadb is upstream:
    https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-10417  (jmw, 20:08:37)

* Release schedule  (jmw, 20:10:13)
  * Linux - 4.9 will be LTS, presumably November  (jmw, 20:10:22)
  * AGREED: Stick to the published schedule to avoid confusion  (jmw,
    20:12:07)

* Mini-Debconf Cambridge  (jmw, 20:12:41)
  * ACTION: jmw find out about meeting space requirements  (jmw,
    20:14:04)

* AOB  (jmw, 20:14:27)
  * Britney patches have been submitted for review - deadline Oct 03 for
    comments  (nthykier, 20:16:03)

* Next meeting  (jmw, 20:16:11)
  * Next meeting: 2016-10-26 19:00UTC  (jmw, 20:16:38)

Meeting ended at 20:17:16 UTC.




Action Items
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* nthykier Encourage shipping all artwork in a package
* nthykier Organise selection/voting of some sort
* jcristau to continue progressing
* nthykier Send mail to d-release about enabling PIE by default! If
  there are no major concerns brought up within a week, Stretch will go
  with PIE by default
* jmw organise architecture qualification in late October or early
  November
* nthykier promote mips64el to BREAK_ARCHES once libmysqlclient is
  available on mips64el, revert if there are issues
* jmw find out about meeting space requirements




Action Items, by person
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* jcristau
  * jcristau to continue progressing
* jmw
  * jmw organise architecture qualification in late October or early
    November
  * jmw find out about meeting space requirements
* nthykier
  * nthykier Encourage shipping all artwork in a package
  * nthykier Organise selection/voting of some sort
  * nthykier Send mail to d-release about enabling PIE by default! If
    there are no major concerns brought up within a week, Stretch will
    go with PIE by default
  * nthykier promote mips64el to BREAK_ARCHES once libmysqlclient is
    available on mips64el, revert if there are issues
* **UNASSIGNED**
  * (none)




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