blueprint priorities

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 03:03:54PM -0700, Allison Randal wrote:
> I'm looking for more details on how people use blueprints, particularly
> what the blueprint priorities mean.
> 
> If there's a page on this already, let me know and I'll work on getting
> it a higher profile so it appears on Google/wiki.ubuntu.com searches. If
> we don't have it documented yet, does this list map to how you use the
> priorities?
> 
> Essential - Must happen in this cycle
> 
> High - Desirable in this cycle
> 
> Medium - Would like to happen in this cycle
> 
> Low - Likely to be dropped from this cycle
> 
> Rejected - Not considered in this cycle
> 
> 
> If that's not quite right, how do you use the priorities, and do you
> have some suggestions on better definitions?

This is basically how the security team works, yes.

I would probably replace "Desirable in this cycle" with "Important for
this cycle" or maybe "Likely in this cycle", otherwise it sounds too
close to "Medium" to me.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team