Hello, On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 04:11:16PM -0400, Jorge O. Castro wrote: > 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.
I didn't write that page, and I don't know who did. If it's confusing then please go ahead and fix it. Prospective developer isn't a position. It's just what you are when you start being interested in Ubuntu Development. I found this definition on Google Likely to happen at a future date; concerned with or applying to the future By the way, I am disturbed at the amount of implied criticism the DMB is receiving in the past couple of weeks. Is it a coincidence that it comes shortly after we defer some applications (for the first time in a long while)? I am not just referring to this and the TB email thread, but also comments that appear on IRC when individuals don't feel an application is going the way they like. I just found two quotes on [0] that both applicants and endorsers should be aware of. While contributions to those projects are appreciated and worth being recognised, involvement in Ubuntu is required. After all it's all about Ubuntu membership. and We look for sustained and significant contributions. While there is no precise period that we look for, it is rare for applications to be accepted from people contributing for less than 6 months. The DMB also applies these tests when granting membership. Please be mindful of these when you (even implicitly and without naming specific occasions, which invariably is what happens) criticise our actions. [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership Regards, -- Iain Lane [ [email protected] ] Debian Developer [ [email protected] ] Ubuntu Developer [ [email protected] ] PhD student [ [email protected] ]
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