Glossary

britney

Testing migration script/tool evaluating package migrations based on policies.

dak

Debian archive management software.

RC bug

A release-critical bug (severity: critical, grave, serious) that must be resolved or explicitly waived before a stable release.

Transition

Coordinated library/ABI or systemic change requiring rebuilds across dependent packages.

Unblock

Approval granted by the Release Team allowing a package migration during freeze stages.