New proposal for Ubuntu Backporters Team Charter

[Alex Murray]

On Wed, 2023-03-01 at 21:33:09 +0100, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:

> Hello Robie!
>
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 05:21:10PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote:
>> I wonder if it's worth first discussing what the text would actually be
>> used *for*, since your reply suggests to me that we might not have the
>> same view on this here.
>
> This seems to be the case indeed.
>
>> I see the (my) proposed text as a point of reference between the
>> backporters team and the rest of the project, but generally only for use
>> to guide the backporters team in defining their own policies, procedures
>> and documentation, cases where it was unclear what their
>> responsibilities are, or in case of some kind of unhappiness
>
> I think we are in complete agreement then.

Mattia, I assume you mean 'in complete agreement' regarding the purpose
of the charter and policies - or do you also mean you are in agreement
with Robie's proposed text? I am guessing you only mean the former but
it would be good to clarify.

> Your description perfectly matches my definition as well.
>
> To me, Charter and Polices are to be the actual rules that describe
> how the team has to behave.
> Indeed, team members needs to be aware of them, and so do those who
> aspire to actually be part of the team.  But people who interact with
> us (i.e. those contributing backported packages) really have no
> business with these documents.

So in this case, we are looking at the Charter alone, which I agree
should only codify the guiding principles of the team. As such, I think
your (Mattia's) suggestion (quoted below) is probably about right. The
other details regarding what contributors should expect etc should then
be left to the processes / policies to be defined by the team.

>   * Maintain the Ubuntu "backports" pocket.
>   * Establish and manage an effective process and a set of policies to
>     handle contributions to the "backports" pocket.
>   * Define a set of rules to handle the Backports Team memberships, its
>     internal structure and members' responsibilities.


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