On Nov 5, 2012 7:53 AM, "Bruno Girin" <<a href="mailto:brunogirin@gmail.com">brunogirin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On 05/11/12 15:08, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > >> We've just had the Ubuntu Developer Summit during which the next release > >> was planned, and everyone was welcome (both in person and online). I > >> must have missed the session on privacy, or did nobody propose one? > > I don't think there was one, I think this is a case of the few > > speaking and protecting the many and the few not having the same power > > as the many because some people won't do anything until the many step > > up and embarrass the top brass. What I am saying is, at this point I > > am to believe that Canonical and Ubuntu do not care one bit about this > > privacy cock up and they don't care that the few notice and are trying > > to help the many. They are probably gonna hold off until the many > > step up and embarrass Canonical. > > Or is it the case that nobody bothered to file a blueprint? Bear in mind > that *anybody* in the community can create blueprints for UDS, not just > Canonical. Anyone can create one but Canonical does approve them. The last time I looked at the list of blueprints that had > been filed for UDS-R, I can't remember seeing one on privacy. It would > have made an interesting subject for the community track and would have > officially documented the issues, what can be done about them and how > they will be addressed. There was some privacy discussion at the Unity Shopping Lens session. > > Someone much smarter than I am said in a recent blog post something > along the lines of "the best way to ensure a process doesn't ignore your > needs is to engage with it". So the best way to get something done in > Ubuntu is to engage with the development process, which means to engage > with UDS where the development schedule for the next 6 months is worked > out, which in turn means writing a blueprint for consideration at the > next UDS. > > It's a couple of weeks late for UDS-R but what about creating a > blueprint for UDS-S? Get the discussion going, gather examples of > privacy issues and what could be done to address them. Then at the next > UDS, we can work out solutions that satisfy Canonical, privacy conscious > users and the rest of us and that can be implemented in time for 14.04 LTS. > > Disclaimer: I do *not* work for Canonical and only have limited > experience of UDS as I only took part for the first time last week. > > Cheers, > > Bruno > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a>