changing review requirements

[Allison Randal]

On 11/03/2012 04:42 PM, David Planella wrote:
> 
> One thing that is not captured in the first point is what is going to
> happen with the app-review-contributors team. During the session [1] I
> suggested making Ubuntu Developers be part of that team (in whichever
> form fits best), so that app-review-contributors can continue helping
> with reviews if they possess the technical skills even if they're not
> Ubuntu Developers.
> 
> Having seen how other people helped with reviews during the contest as
> part of the app-review-contributors team (even some participants
> assisted in getting other participants' apps in!), I think it would be
> really useful to keep that trend and let skilled non-ubuntu-devs also
> contribute. What do you think?

Yes, I don't see any need to change the nature of
app-review-contributors, it's a great way to invite the contributions of
reviewers who aren't Ubuntu Developers yet. But also, I see the
contributions we're inviting from Ubuntu Developers as very different,
since the app-review-contributors are explicitly not granted approval
rights over packages, while we're inviting Ubuntu Developers to be
technical approvers. So, I wouldn't call it "making Ubuntu Devel part of
app-review-contributors", I'd call it something more like "inviting
Ubuntu Devel to be another participating group in the app review
process". Largely just a matter of semantics and the venn diagrams of
launchpad teams.

> Finally, having read Allison's e-mail to the TB, a quick note on the
> resources that the Foundations and Security teams have committed to for
> the 13.04 cycle: that is *some* of the sandboxing work and *some* of the
> work on tooling (providing better support for /opt). From the
> discussions, and looking at the work items from the session, they did
> not commit to working on package checks tools, although as usual, I'm
> sure they'll be happy to provide as much support and input as possible
> to anyone working on them.

Indeed. It's a step in the right direction, and we've still got a path
to walk ahead. But, I'm thrilled with the step. :)

Allison