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[Jeremy Blosser <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>]

On Nov 24, Jaka Kranjc [lynx AT mages.ath.cx] wrote:
> On Friday 24 November 2006 15:58, Eric Sandall wrote:
> > Jaka Kranjc wrote:
> > >> so if another would care to generate
> > >> tarballs for stable and stable-rc (keep in mind that init.d in the
> > >
> > > Aren't they regenerated automatically like test? And if not, why not?
> >
> > Because they are to only be generated at our convenience, not
> > auto-generated as stable releases are to undergo a more 'release
> > engineered' method: http://wiki.sourcemage.org/StableGrimoireUpdate
> >
> > Mostly we want control of when they are released.
> >
> > -sandalle
> But that way all those important security updates and misc fixes are 
> delayed 
> undefinitely (we have enough delays there without this!). A few wanted 
> integrations doesn't mean a new stable, these are relatively minor changes.

They aren't automatically generated because the signatures on them
shouldn't be automatically generated.  The keys for those need to be
carefully controlled so they can't be stolen.

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