please unsubscribe me from this list. Not sure how i was subscribed On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Valorie Zimmerman < valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm writing at the request of the sysadmins, who would like to hear > from the community about distributions' use of KDE infra. > > I'm part of the Kubuntu community and will use it as the example I know > best. > > Kubuntu has some KDE wiki pages, found at > https://community.kde.org/Kubuntu - for which we are very grateful. > Ubuntu has a wiki we used to use, but between the awfulness of > MoinMoin and the spam attacks on it, we love being at home at the KDE > wikis. > > For some time we've been using notes.kde.org as well, and are planning > how to use share.kde.org now that notes is closing down. We'll need to > set up a Kubuntu group so that all Kubuntu team members who need > access can actually access the shares. One of the advantages of using > KDE infra over piratepad or so, is that we can add a password if > necessary, and share among other KDE packagers if necessary. > > We are also interested in having a Phab instance for Kubuntu mostly > for the todo/workboard. Right now, we're using Trello, but would > prefer to use Free software if possible. And the beauty of Phabricator > is that we can keep more of our "stuff" in one place. For instance, it > includes a wiki as well, which we might use for packaging > documentation. Very slick to have all our packaging stuff in one > place. > > However, the sysadmins would like the KDE community support for this, > since it could be seen as a "slippery slope." In addition, Ben > Cooksley said, "we'll need to come up with some guidelines surrounding > what distributions can ask us for, given the Manifesto / KDE Project > rules. > > I would love to see more KDE distros getting cozy with the KDE > community because I don't like to see fighting between packagers and > developers, and communication is key. > > Our Manifesto [1] says: Being part of the international KDE community > conveys certain benefits: ....Make use of KDE infrastructure for > project hosting. I've noticed that some KDE projects do not use KDE > infra, such as bugzilla, websites, and even mail lists. I thought the > rule was that all KDE projects would move to KDE infra, so this > surprised me. > > On the other hand, groups which are associated with the community but > will never be "KDE projects" such as KDE distros, are not mentioned in > the Manifesto. We do already host the KDE Packagers list [2], and > Distributions list [3] which supports the Distribution Outreach > Program [4]. > > What do you say? Obviously we want to support KDE distributions. Where > do we draw the line? > > Valorie > > 1. https://manifesto.kde.org/benefits.html > 2. https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-distro-packagers > 3. https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/distributions > 4. https://dot.kde.org/2016/03/03/announcing-kde-communitys- > distribution-outreach-program > > -- > http://about.me/valoriez >