Place for DDs and DMs to request syncs

[Benjamin Drung]

Am Samstag, den 14.08.2010, 10:06 +0200 schrieb Lucas Nussbaum:
> On 13/08/10 at 09:41 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 10:15:19AM -0400, Jorge O. Castro wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > 
> > > Lucas has been asking around DDs and DMs on how we can make the sync
> > > process more effective for them since requestsync requires people to
> > > have an LP account, upload their key, etc. Initial ideas included a
> > > mailing list for this kind of thing, which I am against because
> > > everyone hates new lists and I would like to encourage this kind of
> > > discussion to happen in existing lists instead of segregated out.
> > > Would ubuntu-devel@ be an appropriate list for this kind of thing?
> > 
> > What's the problem with having a LP account and uploading keys?
> 
> It adds another barrier to entry for Debian maintainers who are
> interested in helping Ubuntu by suggesting that specific versions of
> their packages should be synced to Ubuntu, but are not interested in
> learning too many details about Ubuntu development processes.

Getting a Launchpad account  is not really a entry barrier. You can get
it in a few minutes. Think about getting involved in Debian as Ubuntu
developer: You need to subscribe to mailing lists and get a Alioth
account.

-- 
Benjamin Drung
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Maintainer (www.debian.org)
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