Dan Streetman's Core Developer application question and vote thread

[Dan Streetman]

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 6:09 PM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 09:32:09PM +0200, Lukasz Zemczak wrote:
> > Please use this thread to ask questions. Not to wait indefinitely, the
> > deadline for questions will the end of the week after which we will
> > start the vote process.
>
> Thank you for getting this started Lukasz, and sorry Dan that the
> meeting did not reach quorum.
>
> I'm pleased to see relevant recent uploads backing your application now.
>
> Given what I feel was somewhat strained communicaion and interaction in
> the past, I've been watching to see how you are working with the Ubuntu
> development community and other core developers.
>
> First, let's start with
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2019-May/018345.html.
> I appreciate you bringing this to the attention of the mailing list and
> seeking consensus there. +1 for how you handled this!
>
> A couple of other recent interactions give me some concern though. The
> first one is
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/1825448. How do
> you feel about how this went?

If you mean comments 1-5, as I said in the bug and to you privately, I
misunderstood your position and was not trying to put any words into
your mouth, and I apologize for any misunderstanding.

> Why have you not taken this to the
> mailing list as I suggested?

I am extremely busy and have not had time.

>
> The second is
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1806012 and the
> related MP
> https://code.launchpad.net/~joalif/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+git/systemd/+merge/367469.
> I realise this is not your work, but you seem to be getting involved
> from a high level perspective as an interested Ubuntu developer. What do
> you think about the opposing positions to your view here, and if you
> wanted to drive a resolution, how would you do it?

I disagree with the position that disabling 'ondemand' is all that is
needed; I suggested it and reviewed Jo's work, but after my first
comment I haven't followed the MP, I am letting her drive it - I have
full confidence in her work.

>
> Finally, what are your concerns with your ubuntu-dev-tools fork? Is the
> latest version
> https://git.launchpad.net/~ddstreet/ubuntu-dev-tools/+git/ubuntu-dev-tools/log/?h=fork?

yes, but the master branch.

> Are you still hoping to get this landed, and if so, how are you planning
> to achieve that?

As mapreri suggested:
https://code.launchpad.net/~ddstreet/ubuntu-dev-tools/+git/ubuntu-dev-tools/+merge/322863/comments/936792
I will start pushing my changes, but I'm waiting for 1) Buster and 2)
time to add test cases to cover my changes.

> What do you think is the current state of your branch
> with respect to suitability for the archive?

I (and quite a few others) use it daily.

> Are you intending to upload
> to ubuntu-dev-tools once you are a core dev, and if so,

No, I probably won't wait for coredev; Buster is likely only a few months away.

> what approach do
> you intend to take?

A slow approach working with mapreri.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Robie