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This was ratified by the Tech Board on 2007-08-14.

SRU micro version update exception

• Allow for an exception in SRUs to the "patch must be as small and unintrusive as possible" requirement for specific packages that meet the criteria:

  • upstream supports micro-version updates to stable releases
  • upstream has a sufficiently high level of regression testing for their stable releases
  • regression tests are enabled in the package's build

• The technical board will have the responsibility to maintain and review the list of packages that are exceptions to the SRU rule, as well as approve package additions.

  • Changes to the exception list must be brought to the TB via email (technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com). The request is expected to include justification against the above criteria.

  • Changes can be approved via any single TB member
• Approved exceptions:
  • firefox
  • mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird
  • postgresql-X.Y
  • clamav (approved on 2009-01-09)
  • bzr (approved on 2010-09-21); conditions: test suite running during package build; SRU verification should run test suite in installed sytem
  • chromium-browser, chromium-codecs-ffmpeg, gyp (approved on 2010-11-02)