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This is a technical introduction to how britney
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This is a technical introduction to how britney
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handles migrations. Being an introduction, it deliberately
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handles migrations. Being an introduction, it deliberately
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oversimplify certain things at the expense of accuracy.
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oversimplifies certain things at the expense of accuracy.
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It also covers common migration issues and how to fix
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It also covers common migration issues and how to fix
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them.
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them.
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## A high level overview of britney and migrations
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## A high level overview of britney and migrations
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The purpose of britney is to (semi-)automatically select
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The purpose of britney is to (semi-)automatically select
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a number of package groups from a series of source suites
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a number of migration items from a series of source suites
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(e.g. Debian unstable) that are ready to migrate to
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(e.g. Debian unstable) that are ready to migrate to
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the target suite (e.g. Debian testing).
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the target suite (e.g. Debian testing).
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The definition of "ready" can be summarized as satisfying all
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The definition of "ready" can be summarized as satisfying all
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of the following points:
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of the following points:
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1. The package groups pass a number of policies for the target
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1. The migration items pass a number of policies for the target
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suite. Most of these policies are basically that the
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suite. Most of these policies are basically that the
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package groups do not regress on selected QA checks.
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migration items do not regress on selected QA checks.
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* A group satisfying this part is called a `valid candiate`.
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* An item satisfying this part is called a `valid candiate`.
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1. Installability will not regress as a result of
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1. Installability will not regress as a result of
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migrating the package groups.
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migrating the migration items.
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* A group that (also) satisfy this will be selected for migration.
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* An item that (also) satisfies this part will be selected
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for migration.
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The keyword in both points being *regress*. If a package
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The keyword in both points being *regress*. If a package has an
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has an existing issue in the target suite, a group with the
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existing issue in the target suite, the item including a new version
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new version is generally allowed to migrate if it has the
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of that package is generally allowed to migrate if it has the same
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same issue (as it is not a regression).
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issue (as it is not a regression).
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This only leaves the definition of a package group. In britney,
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This only leaves the definition of a migration items. They come
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these groups are known as "migration items" and they come in
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in several variants defined in the next section.
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several variants. These will be explained in the next section
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## Migration items
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## Migration items
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Internally, britney groups packages into "migration items"
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Internally, britney groups packages into migration items based on a
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based on a few rules. Every upload of a source package will
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few rules. There are several kinds of migration items and this
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be associated with a *source migration item*. As the binary
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document will only describe the source migration item.
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packages are built and uploaded, they will be included into
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the migration item and various QA checks/policies will be
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> A source migration item is one upload of a source package, with
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applied to the item.
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> associated binary packages once built.
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Once a new version of a source package appears in the source suite,
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britney will create track it with a source migration item. As the
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binary packages are built and uploaded, they will be included into the
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migration item and various QA checks/policies will be applied to the
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item.
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Once britney deems the item ready, she will attempt to
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Once britney deems the item ready, she will attempt to
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migrate the item (i.e. source with its binaries) to the
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migrate the item (i.e. source with its binaries) to the
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target suite.
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target suite.
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There are several other migration types. But they are
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As implied earlier, there are several other migration types. But they
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not covered in this document as the primary audience
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are not covered in this document. They deal with cases like removals,
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of this document will generally not need to know about
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rebuilds of existing binaries, etc.
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them to begin with.
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## Migration phase 1: Policies / Excuses
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## Migration phase 1: Policies / Excuses
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### Confirming a migration
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### Confirming a migration
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To start with; if a migration is accepted and "committed" (i.e. it will not
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To start with; if a migration is accepted and "committed" (i.e. it will not
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be rolled back), britney will include in a line starting with `final:` a la
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be rolled back), britney will include in a line starting with `final:` like
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this example:
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in this example:
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Apparently successful
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Apparently successful
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final: -cwltool,-libtest-redisserver-perl,-pinfo,-webdis,hol88
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final: -cwltool,-libtest-redisserver-perl,-pinfo,-webdis,hol88
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