[Desktop12.10-Topic] Default application selection process

[Bryce Harrington]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 02:06:11PM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thanks for writing that email, I had that on my list as well, making
> sure we don't have another of those "default application selection"
> session like previous UDS ;-)
> 
> - we should reach the concerned upstreams at least one week before
> UDS (earlier if possible) to let them the opportunity to comment

An invitation to UDS wouldn't be out of place in this case.

> - what applications we are unhappy about, that's the "tricky" one.
> 
> * not suggest changes for the coming cycle but rather do it over 2
> cycle: "how can we improve what we have next cycle" and "what do we
> do if next cycle we are still unhappy about what we got", that
> should lead to constructive discussions over what we,upstream can do
> over next cycle without blocking us too much

I very much like this idea.  It makes transitions less abrupt and
surprising.

> I would rather like to see the session being focussed on the Ubuntu
> weaknesses and how we work toward resolving those rather than on
> pointing what doesn't work.
> 
> What do you think?

Often when changing apps, the new apps needs some polish - bug fixes,
documentation, triage work, missing features, customizations...  Might
be worthwhile to require having people to work on those things for a
cycle as part of the decision.

Like, look at how many bugs were filed against the app last cycle,
figure out how many hours/week we think the app would take to get into
shape, and then find people to supply that level of effort for the
coming cycle.

Bryce