Invitation to ubuntu developers

[Matthew Garrett]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:35:37AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:

> I don't think it is a new trend in ubuntu development to take this kind
> of decisions without trying to reach consensus first: the switch from
> Bugzilla to Launchpad was decided in the same way.
> 
> The decision-taking process inside Ubuntu doesn't seem to work well. It
> might be a good idea to let a larger part of the community participate
> in it, for example by implementing informal polls inside the
> ubuntu-members or ubuntu-developpers groups (Launchpad supports that
> already).

The community is always welcome to raise technical issues with the 
technical board. The non-free graphics drivers by default is certainly 
one that I'm planning on bringing up myself at the next meeting. Of 
course, the way Ubuntu is set up means that Mark is able to make 
decisions without the consent of the rest of the developer base or the 
community at large - there's a reason for the "d" in "sabdfl". Changing 
that would be an effective change in the entire governance structure of 
Ubuntu, so it's not something that should (or could) just be changed on 
a whim.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org