MOTU Application for Stefan Ebner (sebner)

[Scott Kitterman]

On Sunday 09 November 2008 08:50, Stefan Ebner wrote:
> > Since you quoted me ....
> >
> > What impacts do you consider before asking for a sync after Debian Import
> > Freeze?
> >
> > Scott K
>
> I'm sure you know the critism that Ubuntu is outdated.
> Pretty often Ubuntu is outdated because a new upstream version appears
> after DIF and maybe later before we release Ubuntu another upstream release
> may appear so I totally understand users that complain about old software.
> As we have DIF just 2 months after release we are really very focused on
> stabilizing. I'm of the opinion that we can easily sync *everything* at
> least one month after DIF. And this is something I personally did the last
> 2 cycles because we still have enough time to fix potencial issues and of
> course I want to make ubuntu users happy if possible.

So then shouldn't we move DIF over another month and save all the work?

>
> To answer your question:
> Of course the nearer FF comes the more we (including me) are focused
> on sync/merge  bugfixes or new upstream versions that bring valuable
> improvements
> so I'll try to check if we benefit from bugfixes or new features
> compared to possible
> new bugs.

Do you also consider the workload sync requests impose on archive admins and 
is the benifit of the sync worth taking these people away from other work?

Scott K