Strawman: merge main and universe
Daniel Holbach
daniel.holbach at ubuntu.com
Thu Dec 13 08:13:46 GMT 2007
I generally like the proposal and think that it will make us more
flexible in the long run.
On Mi, 2007-12-12 at 22:24 +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> We have generated lists of packages already, the seeds. In fact, it's
> these seeds that (by a manual process) result in packages being divided
> between main and universe right now.
>
> So let's just use these to determine the types of support provided.
>
> Canonical can declare that it provides commercial support for the
> ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-server, ubuntu-mobile and kubuntu-desktop seeds
> (and any others we support that I forgot). It can also declare what
> date that support ends.
I think it will be more complicated for customers to figure out what
actually is supported, also a bit more complicated to figure out for new
users who to turn to get changes included or involved in some team.
> Teams can approach the Technical Board for permission to own a
> particular seed; if granted, their team has permission to upload any
> package in the resulting list of packages from that seed.
>
> (The seed system already has priorities, so you couldn't add a package
> in ubuntu-desktop and take it over; at least, not without negotiation.)
>
> The kubuntu-dev team could maintain (and support, etc.) Kubuntu.
> xubuntu-dev could do the same for Xubuntu, and so on. To become an
> uploader for Kubuntu, you would need to be granted permission from that
> team, not from the Technical Board.
Will people who want to help out with xubuntu-dev have to go through the
MOTU process first? If not, I'd suggest that the team who approves a new
uploader should have an established Team Council
(http://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil/Delegation), and reports to the
CC and TB.
Have a nice day,
Daniel
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