On Monday, September 30, 2013 10:29:25 Soren Hansen wrote: > 2013/9/30 Micah Gersten <[email protected]>: > > I'd like to propose that there's a requirement for TB members to be > > Ubuntu core developers due to the nature of the responsibilities of the > > TB (Microrelease exceptions, technical policy). The one exception to > > this would be Mark in his unique position as sabdfl. I've added this to > > the TB agenda and will endeavor to be at the meeting. > > Mark vets the list of candidates and there's also an election. If the > election shows that they're not only suitable, but even preferred over > other candidates, I think that's all we really need to know.
While I agree that a hard requirement might be too strong (I can think of MOTU who choose not to apply for core-dev for social reasons and people with the technical background to be core-dev, but who choose not to based on principle of least access (mdz, for example) and a perhaps a few others), it is important that the Technical Board be, well technical. If you look at the things we expect a core-dev to know, I think they kinds of things that SHOULD be pre-requisites for being on the Tech Board. Mark can nominate who he wants, of course, but I think that Tech Board members who don't meet reasonable technical standards will undermine the perceived legitimacy of the Tech Board with the broader development community. Modulo a few exceptions, I think Micah's suggestion is a good one. Scott K -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
