Becoming a 'universe' maintainer (Re: Congratulations, Oliver Grawert!)

[Magnus Therning]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 02:00:36PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:38:08PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:29:28AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> >Rather than publishing a separate repository, you are encouraged to
>> >become an Ubuntu maintainer and upload your packages to universe.
>> 
>> Well, given the tone on the Wiki page:
>> 
>>  "Evidence of a high work rate and productivity..."
>>  "It takes some time to become an Ubuntu Maintainer. The Community
>>  Council will not appoint someone as a maintainer until they have proven
>>  themselves not only technically but also in terms of the other social
>>  criteria for maintainership."
>> 
>> I decided to hold off a little on the becoming-a-maintainer thing. I
>> would be interested in maintaining those packages, but becoming a
>> full-fledged Ubuntu maintainer sounds like a bit too much for me right
>> now.
>
>This documentation is in the process of being rewritten in order to
>accurately reflect the process as it stands, and I think the existing
>language is more off-putting than it ought to be.

That sounds good. I was hoping that Ubuntu would have a lower threshold
than Debian. The text on the Wiki suggests that isn't so.

>If you are already maintaining packages in a third-party repository,
>and are actively involved in the Ubuntu community, then in general I
>would say that you are in a good position to apply for 'universe'
>maintainership.

Cool. What are the requirements on the packages?

/M

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