Key Ubuntu teams should have an open process for new members

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 12:26:22PM +0930, Alex Murray wrote:
> I think the easiest thing we can do to improve this process for the
> Release team is to have these details documented publicly so that the
> expectations are clearly laid out. This will then help educate everyone
> involved as to what specific functions are performed by the various
> teams, and as a result, why it may be necessary to restrict these to
> highly trusted individuals who have a personal stake in the outcome of
> their actions (ie. as a consequence of being a Canonical employee they
> assume the personal risk of losing their job + income etc if they
> violate that trust - whereas for a community member, the biggest risk is
> that they get kicked out of the community and so lose access to their
> hobby).

To be clear, the Ubuntu Release Team has always been open to non-Canonical
employees.  I just don't expect community members of the Release Team to
increase our "core" capacity.

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                   https://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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