Ubuntu MOTU Application

[Iain Lane]

Hi Łukasz,

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 03:23:21PM +0200, Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to apply for MOTU membership.
> My application can be found here:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LukaszZemczak/DeveloperApplication-MOTU

As we've discussed with you in private, we think it'd be easier if we
handle this application on email. It's the same as on IRC: questions and
answers followed by voting.

Here's some initial questions. Others will follow up later.

 - What's the goal of your application? What packages / areas are you
   most intested in?
 - Your work involves uploading packages through the CI train a lot. Are
   you relying on the experience you've gained here for this
   application? If so, can you outline how it's been helpful?
 - There's sometimes a certain amount of tension between the CI train
   and other Ubuntu teams. Can you think of any ways this can be
   alleviated? Some examples I'm thinking of
   + When an Ubuntu developer directly uploads a package under CI there
     is often quite a bit of back and forth required to get the VCS back
     in sync. This even happens for no-change rebuilds!
   + When the archive is frozen close to release, or after release for
     SRUs, the CI train stalls. For these reasons members of the CI
     landing team often have to ask for expedited treatment of their
     uploads from the release or SRU teams, creating tension. I see two
     technical factors at play here, and a social one:
     * 'silos' in the CI train are a limited resource and per policy
       (and a technical limitation in Launchpad) they are not released
       until the upload is in the release pocket
     * having one upload in CI train locks that project out for further
       releases until the existing one is already finished
     * upstream developers expect to see their uploads in Ubuntu more or
       less immediately
 - (to get off the topic of the CI train :P) What do you think the main
   aims of the MOTU team as a whole are?
 - MOTU's struggled with recruitment for a while now. Can you think of
   any strategies we could undertake to try and recruit and maintain
   more team members?

Thanks,

-- 
Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]
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