"What I like least in Ubuntu"

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday, July 25, 2011 11:11:43 AM Iain Lane wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 05:01:35PM +0200, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > Am 25.07.2011 13:51, schrieb Scott Kitterman:
> > > On Monday, July 25, 2011 07:45:50 AM Benjamin Drung wrote:
> > >> Am Montag, den 25.07.2011, 13:01 +0200 schrieb Marcin Juszkiewicz:
> > >>> On 22.07.2011 10:41, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> > >>>> = Development Processes =
> > >>>> 
> > >>>>  (2) developer application docs:
> > >>>>      - too complicated,
> > >>>>      - unclear expectations
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > I think it's a fair point that UCD is confusing.  What it means is
> > > "Ubuntu member that got their membership based on development
> > > contribution and not some other kind".  Do we really need a different
> > > name for this?  It might be more clear to just have the DMB grant
> > > Ubuntu membership by name rather than have a separate name/team that
> > > doesn't actually mean anything different.
> > 
> > I agree that the name is misleading and it's unfortunate that it
> > confuses applicants. It'd be good to change it something sensible. Even
> > if we just change it in the documentation.
> 
> I just added a discussion item to the next DMB agenda to rename the team
> to Ubuntu Development Members. This is in line with the other delegated
> (non RMB) membership names, and I think is much less confusing.

The DMB is somewhat different than the other non-RMB membership boards because 
the DMB grants membership based on type of contribution (development) rather 
than area of contribution (Kubuntu/Edubuntu/etc), so I would not feel 
constrained to follow their example too closely.  All of the membership boards 
(including the RMBs) are delegated from the CC, so I also don't think it's 
necessary to treat the RMBs specially in your discussion.  

I think your proposed name change is definitely an improvement over UCD.  I'm 
not sure it's better than just making them Ubuntu members.  I think it might 
be useful to hear from current UCD members to see if they have a strong 
feeling of affinity with UCD or having some distinct membership group for people 
who got membership through development contributions.

Scott K