Request for Adding Ubuntu Kylin Archive

[Marc Deslauriers]

On 14-04-07 08:47 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 09:07:10AM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> 
>>> I think we can at least set the following high level requirements:
>>>  - Uploaders must be Ubuntu members and have signed the CoC (I'd have
>>>    been tempted to require ~ubuntu-dev but that'd mean pretty much nobody
>>>    on the Kylin team would be able to upload...)
>>>  - Packages must be built on the same infrastructure as Ubuntu, using
>>>    the same builder pool and build chroots.
>>>  - The result must be signed by a GPG key managed by Canonical (not
>>>    provided to the Kylin team) within the Canonical infrastructure.
>>>  - That GPG key must be separate from any other key currently in use and
>>>    should be (not a hard requirement for 14.04) signed by the archive
>>>    master key.
>>>  - Distribution will be done through a server managed by the Kylin team
>>>    which will get its content from a private server on Canonical's network.
> 
>>> That should leave enough room for implementation details to be decided
>>> by the relevant teams (Launchpad, IS, Kylin) while enforcing the bits I
>>> actually care about.
> 
>> Can we add to the requirements that the packages in the repository must adhere
>> to the Extension Repository Policy (or perhaps a slightly adjusted version)?
> 
> This has also been captured at
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu%20Kylin/Ubuntu%20Kylin%20Archive>. 
> Currently, it's written as:
> 
>   Packages in the repository must adhere to the Extension Repository Policy.
>   If there is any exception, there should be a request to Ubuntu Technical
>   Board.
> 
> I think we should drop the second sentence: there should never be exceptions
> to the Extension Repository Policy here, but the TB can amend that policy as
> necessary, so it's redundant to spell this out here.
> 

+1 for dropping the second sentence.

Marc.