Missing update announcements

[Bernd Bartmann]

On 4/6/06, Luke Macken <lmacken at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 06:16:16PM +0200, Bernd Bartmann wrote:
> > Now that FC5 final is out a problem seems to reappear that I thought
> > was gone since FC4 came out: FC core updates appear on the download
> > mirrors but some of them never get announced on fedora-announce-list.
> >
> > Since the release of FC5 the following announcments are missing:
> >
> > For FC4:
> > anacron-2.3-36.FC4
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-March/msg01335.html
>
> > dia-0.94-13.fc4
> Claims to be sent.
>
> > dovecot-0.99.14-8.fc4
> Claims to be sent.
>
> > For FC5:
> > cairo-1.0.4-1
> Developer chose not to have update mail sent.
>
> > GConf2-2.14.0-1
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-March/msg01319.html
>
> > xscreensaver-4.24-2
> Developer chose not to have update mail sent.
>
> > gnome-screensaver-2.14.0-1.fc5
> Update system was supposed to send, but for some reason it didn't.
>
> > liboil-0.3.8-1.fc5
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-March/msg01684.html
>
> > newt-0.52.2-6
> Update system was supposed to send, but for some reason it didn't.
>
> > xterm-211-4.FC5
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-March/msg01709.html
>
> > I've opened bugs for every missing announcements and tracker bugs to
> > get an overview. For FC4 the tracker bug is #161106, for FC5 it is
> > #188051.
>
> Please file bugs like this against Fedora Infrastructure under the
> 'update system' component from now on.
>
> > Can someone @fedora or @redhat please look into this issue. I thought
> > the process was somehow automated since FC4 came out. It would be
> > helpful to get an explanation about the internal process how updates
> > are released.
>
> This process is automated.. but where you have automation, you have a
> fan waiting to be hit by shit.
>
> The update system already goes out and grabs the url for the archived
> update mail, so I'll add periodic checks to make sure that all update
> mails that were supposed to go out actually do.

Thanks for your help Luke. The list is getting shorter. Remaining are:

FC4:
anacron-2.3-36.FC4, bug #188042

FC5:
xterm-211-4.FC5, bug #188049

Best regards,
Bernd.