Ubuntu Studio (and others) Flavor Status

[Ross Gammon]

Hi Steve,

On 13/03/2019 23:12, Steve Langasek wrote:
> There are over 400 source packages that are seeded on the Ubuntu Studio DVD
> but not on any other flavor images.[1]  Can you appreciate that it's
> important to ensure that these packages are well-maintained in Ubuntu if
> they are going to be part of an officially-recognized flavor?

Wow, I think anyone with a full time job would take years to get around
to touching every one of those packages in their spare time!

Personally, I agree that if a package is seeded in a flavour, it should
be in the package set (unless it is in main), and it should be possible
to "help" fix any of the flavour's packages.

As a Debian Developer or MOTU, you have the possibility of working on
many packages. For Debian there are very clear rules for working on a
package that you are not a maintainer of. In Ubuntu, there is no concept
of a maintainer. You are allowed to work on any package. However, there
is an accepted convention that you e.g. contact the previous uploader if
you are planning to attempt a merge (to avoid duplication of work, and
to find out if there are any known traps). It is also accepted that you
should follow up after an upload/sync to make sure it migrates from
-proposed, and if there is a transition involved - to follow through
with all the reverse dependencies.

Maybe there is a need to make sure those with upload rights to a package
set have the same awareness of their responsibilities as a MOTU? This
should include contacting other teams with the same package in their
package set. Maybe Simon's DMB action (tsimonq2 to better document what
we expect applicants to know) will help with this?

Anyway, many thanks for yours, and everyones help and time with this.

Regards,

Ross


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