Key Ubuntu teams should have an open process for new members

[Sebastien Bacher]

Hey there,

Le 13/06/2023 à 19:11, Sebastien Bacher a écrit :
> I would like to bring that topic for consideration. I believe that the 
> lack of open application process for core Ubuntu teams (Archive Admin, 
> Release Team, SRU team) is hurting the project and has lead to an 
> ongoing under-staffing of those groups. 

The discussion stopped without real conclusion but we yet another cycle 
where we hit those problems

We have a desktop FFe opened for 6 days there
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2034579

No review is happening, IRC nagging isn't helping
https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2023/09/11/%23ubuntu-release.html#t09:23
https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2023/09/12/%23ubuntu-release.html#t11:10

There is just no activity on the IRC release channel. By itself a week 
isn't that long but on a short cycle and getting close from beta freeze 
it is long enough that it is problematic.

Checking https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release/+members#active the team 
is still down to 7 members with one adding in the last 3 years and no 
change in over a year.

I think it's pretty clear that the release team isn't able to take the 
actions needed to be able to fix the issue. I still have on my backlog 
to reach to them to document their onboarding process but I don't feel 
like that's likely to help with any short term resolution so I would 
like to put the topic back on the agenda for the next TB meeting to see 
what action we could take to help with the issue.

Cheers,
Sébastien