1894192 - Please create "Release Engineering :: Release Automation: Packaging" and retire "Release Automation: Snap"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[Johan Lorenzo [:jlorenzo]]

Other Requests

Requested changes

New component:

• Product: Release Engineering
• Component: Release Automation: Packaging
• Description: Issues with Mozilla's official Firefox packages (e.g.: .deb, Flatpak)
• Default Assignee: [e-mail]
• Triage Owner: [e-mail]

In addition, we should tweak the description of this component:

• Product: Firefox Build System
• Component: Third Party Packaging
• New description: Repacks of the Firefox releases by third party vendors (e.g.: Snap, RPM, ...)

Finally, let's retire this component (there should be no bugs left open there):

• Product: Release Engineering
• Component: Release Automation: Snap

Context

A while ago, we created the component Release Automation: Snap. This predates bug 1452285, but I can't find the actual one. Back then, Mozilla used to build the Snap package. Canonical took over it a few years ago which notably led to the creation of Firefox Build System :: Third Party Packaging (bug 1775284). Similarly, bug 1620874 created Release Automation: Flatpak and bug 1647688 closed it.

Since then, several things have changed. What's the situation today?

1. Snap remain built by Canonical (i.e.: no change). Thus, it should belong to Third Party Packaging
2. Flatpak is still here and is exclusively build and published by MoCo (and more precisely the Release Engineering team). So it should belong to Release Automation: Packaging
3. Earlier this year, we officially shipped a debian package (bug 1799516). It should belong to Release Automation: Packaging too.

I'm happy to provide additional details if needed.

Comment 1

[David Lawrence [:dkl]]

all done.