On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 06:29:23PM +0100, Stefan Potyra wrote: > Here's what I think: > Good upstream integration is a very good thing for ubuntu, which should > always > get honoured. > Limited upload rights won't imo solve the problem of better upstream > integration per se. It can be a good tool to help with the problem, but it > won't magically solve it. > Also creating a sidepath for motu-ship has the risk to demotivate people who > did it "the hard way", however this was raised pretty good by Scott already, > so I don't go into detail here.
Agreed on all points. We should be very careful about such an approach so that we don't discourage participation by giving an impression of unfairness. In the past, the Technical Board has fast-tracked new developers on the basis of Debian background (because the relevant skills carry over to Ubuntu very well) or first-hand experience. Upstream development doesn't imply the necessary skills or knowledge for uploading packages directly to Ubuntu, so I don't think upstream developers should bypass the mentoring process. I do think that upstream developers deserve special attention in this process because of their important role in the project, and we should actively encourage them to participate in it. If Launchpad were to allow it, granting limited rights for specific packages would be a good idea for security (minimal privileges) where a developer only wishes to contribute to a very limited set of packages. It would not, however, avoid the need to understand the release process, packaging policies, and other information which is essential to Ubuntu development. I think we can discuss how and when to grant such limited privileges when Launchpad offers this capability. -- - mdz -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
