"Michael Bienia" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2010-06-18 09:07:36 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> I looked it up and it was >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChristianMangold/MOTUDeveloperApplication >> >> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/04/27/%23ubuntu-meeting.html >> >> Specifically, he was told by a DMB member that MOTU is for generalists and >> he >> should apply to kubuntu-dev instead. This is exactly what lead to the move >> to >> create a separate package set for Qt/KDE Universe packages. Since it >> appeared >> at the time that working on those packages was not considered appropriate >> experience for MOTU, the only way to gain upload rights (short of >> kubuntu-dev, >> which being at the core of a distro has more requirements than MOTU) for >> those >> packages would be to split them out. >> >> I was against it at the time, but now I'm not so sure. There are multiple >> people who work on Qt/KDE stuff who see a problem, but no one else does. It >> may be that the only solution is to just split them out. > >Re-reading this again, I seem to have an misunderstanding what the kubuntu >package set really is and where its "limits" are (is there some verbal >description of it (and the other package sets too)?). From a look at the >related packages on Christian's LP page I assumed that most of them >belong to the kubuntu package set. Isn't this the case? Given that we >all are pretty new to delegated teams, I see it appropiate to ask if an >other delegated team suites one owns interests better. Provided that the >understanding of the purpose of a package set and the packages the >applicant prefers to work on matches. > >To get to a better common understanding: is someone working mostly on >KDE packages better suited for MOTU or kubuntu-dev? And where would you >draw the line? > Kubuntu-dev only covers main. Are GTK/Gnome packages better suited to MOTU or ubuntu-desktop? Where would you draw the line? Qt/KDE packages are not very different than most other packages in Universe. There is, for example, far less domain specific knowledge required for them than for Python packages. So I wouldn't treat experience with Qt/KDE packages in Universe any differently than I would any other package. I'd be a lot more concerned with the fact that most of them use CDBS, so it's quite easy to not have any real experience with Debhelper based packages. Scott K -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
