Hi everyone, I am confused as to the definition of the different levels of Ubuntu Developers and how that relates to membership in each of the various teams (though probably involves overall project membership as well). I thought I would bring this up for discussion as it seems to be getting more confusing and I'm having a hard time understanding what the level of expectations for someone applying for Ubuntu membership for a given role is, as well as to what the expected behavior is for endorsements from existing members.
According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers an "Ubuntu Prospective Developer" is someone "who probably just started contributing to Ubuntu". The description on the wiki page doesn't list anything critical there; the person still needs a sponsor to upload, etc. From what I can read it's basically the same as Ubuntu Membership but you're interested in eventually going down the development path and you have a mentor/sponsor. Ok, that sounds good to me. This feels like a position that should be relatively low barrier. Here is an example from the last DMB meeting minutes: "The current consensus is that although this contributions can be used to satisfy certain tests applied by the board to determine level of skill, it is not clear if it is appropriate to use it to satisfy the test of sustained and significant *development* contribution to Ubuntu (especially versus the less specific test of sustained and significant contribution to Ubuntu applied by the Regional Membership Boards). In previous applications to the DMB and Regional Membership Boards, significant contributions to upstream projects exclusively but not to Ubuntu specifically have not been deemed satisfactory." Ok so that seems to make sense to me too. It is my understanding that "significant and sustained" has usually meant "about 6 months", except in cases where it doesn't. However some applicants for membership have had endorsement from existing members where they do feel that that person has had significant and sustained contributions and have had their applications for membership declined. So my questions are: - How important are endorsements from existing members to the membership boards and how much are they taken into account when reviewing an applicant? - And if they're not important than why do we have them? Why not just have a list of things you need to get membership for each step? - When endorsing people do we have a hard rule about 6 months of contributions? I am asking these because I am becoming unsure when I should be endorsing a candidate for membership. Thanks! -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
