[maemo-developers] Promotion unlocked messages

[From: Niels Breet]

> Hi Niels,
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Niels Breet <niels at maemo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> While implementing a new notification feature for the community QA
>> queue, a number of mails have been sent out to owners of packages in
>> extras-testing.
>
> I received a couple of these e-mails (although all of them are
> packages I help maintaining for the PyMaemo project). I have a couple of
> questions about it:
>
> * do we have to take some action after we receive this e-mail?

No, you should not have received them.

> * On the e-mail it says the package is "unlocked for promotion in
> extras-testing". What does that mean specifically? That the package can be
> promoted to extras? * What about packages that are automatically promoted
> to extras-testing because they are dependencies of other promoted package
> (as is with most PyMaemo packages)? Do we (the PyMaemo team) have to
> promote these packages ourselves or simply wait for some application using
> them to be promoted?

These messages will only be sent out to user/* section applications when
they have met the promotion criteria. They're just a reminder that the app
can be promoted from Extras-testing to Extras. (When everything is working
correctly ;)

In your case you don't have to do anything.

Sorry again, I messed up.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Anderson Lizardo
> OpenBossa Labs - INdT
> Manaus - Brazil
>

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Niels Breet
maemo.org webmaster