motu vs. ubuntu-dev in Launchpad (Re: Communication channels)

[Stefan Potyra]

On Thursday 22 February 2007 22:07:53 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:51:53PM +0100, Stefan Potyra wrote:
> >
> > However I can't remember the details why we had the extra motu team apart
> > from ubuntu-dev right now.
>
> I think that team predated the use of Launchpad for access control in the
> archive, and because it was not appropriately restricted, we created a new
> team instead when it was needed.  For example, almost every member of the
> motu team is also an administrator, and can thus add new members.  

IIRC there was another reason, e.g. that only a team administrator could 
create polls (a feature we haven't made much use of in the past though). 
Maybe there was also s.th. else involved, I just don't recall it right now.

> This 
> isn't workable for a team used to grant upload privileges.

True.

>
> With the formation of the MOTU Council, though, perhaps it is time to
> revisit this.  It's confusing to have a MOTU team which doesn't correspond
> to the development team in the expected way.
>
> Here's a strawman proposal:
>
> 1. Set the motu-council team to be administered exclusively by techboard
> (per MotuProcessesSpec)
>
> 2. Set the motu team to be administered exclusively by techboard (per
> MotuProcessesSpec)
>
> 3. Clean up the "motu" team to have only members who are approved MOTU (by
> the Tech Board or MOTU Council), correcting expiry dates to match
> ubuntu-dev
>
> 4. Make "motu" a member of ubuntu-dev (creating an easy-to-understand
> hierarchy: ubuntu-dev = ubuntu-core-dev + motu)
>
> 5. (Optionally) clean up ubuntu-dev to remove direct members who are now
> indirect members via motu
>
> Thoughts?

Sounds sane. I've put it on the MOTU Council meeting agenda for the meeting 
tomorrow.

Cheers,
  Stefan.
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