On Wed, 2023-03-01 at 21:33:09 +0100, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Hello Robie! > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 05:21:10PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote: >> I wonder if it's worth first discussing what the text would actually be >> used *for*, since your reply suggests to me that we might not have the >> same view on this here. > > This seems to be the case indeed. > >> I see the (my) proposed text as a point of reference between the >> backporters team and the rest of the project, but generally only for use >> to guide the backporters team in defining their own policies, procedures >> and documentation, cases where it was unclear what their >> responsibilities are, or in case of some kind of unhappiness > > I think we are in complete agreement then.
Mattia, I assume you mean 'in complete agreement' regarding the purpose of the charter and policies - or do you also mean you are in agreement with Robie's proposed text? I am guessing you only mean the former but it would be good to clarify. > Your description perfectly matches my definition as well. > > To me, Charter and Polices are to be the actual rules that describe > how the team has to behave. > Indeed, team members needs to be aware of them, and so do those who > aspire to actually be part of the team. But people who interact with > us (i.e. those contributing backported packages) really have no > business with these documents. So in this case, we are looking at the Charter alone, which I agree should only codify the guiding principles of the team. As such, I think your (Mattia's) suggestion (quoted below) is probably about right. The other details regarding what contributors should expect etc should then be left to the processes / policies to be defined by the team. > * Maintain the Ubuntu "backports" pocket. > * Establish and manage an effective process and a set of policies to > handle contributions to the "backports" pocket. > * Define a set of rules to handle the Backports Team memberships, its > internal structure and members' responsibilities. > > -- > regards, > Mattia Rizzolo > > GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18 4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540 .''`. > More about me: https://mapreri.org : :' : > Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri `. `'` > Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia `- > -- > technical-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
