Proposal: setting up an arb-helpers team

Jono Bacon jono at ubuntu.com
Thu Feb 2 17:54:01 UTC 2012


On 2 February 2012 09:49, David Planella <david.planella at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi App Review Board,
>
> I've been thinking for a while about how to get more people involved in
> helping the ARB. From conversations with different people and especially
> today with a community member who'd like to contribute to the ARB but is
> not a core dev, I'd like to propose the following idea:
>
> * The creation of an 'arb-helpers' (*) team in Launchpad
> * This team would have permissions to do early reviews of packages and
> give quick feedback to app developers for the most common issues or
> requests regarding app submissions
> * They would not have voting rights, that's the competence of the ARB
> members.
>
> I'd be happy to set up the team in LP, its guidelines according to the
> ARB, and to try to recruit more people.
>
> I've had quick chats with Stéphane and Bhavani on IRC and they were
> happy with the idea. What do you all think?

I think it sounds like a great idea. It is going to need to have a
clear doc that explains what they folks can do and how they
participate. Is this something you would be happy to put together,
David?

   Jono

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