SITUATION:
(1) As packaging changes are made upstream in Dapper and Sid, at times just package name changes prevent an otherwise perfect build candidate from working.
(2) Sometimes there are special-circumstance backports (Mono under guidance of tseng, Firefox backport near the end of the hoary-backports cycle) that need source/packaging changes, but the situation justifies the need.
MY PROPOSAL:
Two types of source-changed backporting should be spec'ed and brought to the Tech Board for review:
(1) MAIN Packages: Approval by either prominent maintainer figure or mdz (?), changes ultimately done by a Ubuntu developer
(2) UNIVERSE Packages: Approval through review by multiple MOTU members (maybe through the REVU system)
What do you guys think? Surely we'll need more specific guidelines about what kind of changes specifically should be allowed (i.e. build-dep changes, unpatching upstream-specific changes [i.e. Launchpad Integration under Hoary], etc)?
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