So apparently all release drivers for Thunderbird and Module Owners and
Peers have access to this data.

Might it make sense to become a member in one of those groups to have
access? I believe you were already proposing a change in module ownership?

On Aug 26, 2014 4:23 PM, "Kent James" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 8/22/2014 11:18 AM, Annie Elliott wrote:
>>
>> It is my understanding that Thunderbird is a community-owned and -run
project; put
>> another way, there are no paid resources on it and it is not in our core
products.
>
>
> That is not entirely true. There are paid resources on it. It also
appears in product lists in places where you would not see, for example,
SeaMonkey or Instantbird.
>
> See https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/ where Thunderbird is listed
as a peer of Persona and Webmaker. Is that URL what you would call the list
of "core products"? You have to click on "All Mozilla-based Products" to
see the next tier, which includes SeaMonkey, Lightning, and ChatZilla. Then
there is a further tier down which includes products clearly outside of
Mozilla control, for example BlueGriffon.
>
> The problem we are facing is that Thunderbird is not, in fact,
"community-owned and community-run" and yet lots of people in Mozilla THINK
it is. It is certainly orphaned from the management perspective. The net
effect is that nobody is capable of making decisions (other than landing
code) except for the very top levels of Mozilla (think Mitchell).
>
> Thunderbird is likely currently Mozilla's #2 product, only behind Firefox
Desktop in active daily users, so these are not trivial issues from the
overall Mozilla perspective.
>
> I hope to encourage the Thunderbird community soon to reorganize their
governance so that the are, in fact, more community-run. The current
governance is untenable.
>
> :rkent
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