Reevaluating the "Ubuntu Contributing Developer" status

[David Henningsson]

On 10/05/2011 12:57 PM, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Am 05.10.2011 12:40, schrieb Iain Lane:
>> Please visit the page
>>
>>    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers#Ubuntu_Contributing_Developers
>>
>> to see our current documentation about what an Ubuntu Contributing
>> Developer is.
>
> I got an action from the DMB recently to update the page and make it a
> bit clearer. There was a lot of repetition in the old page, so I tried
> to sum it up (without losing content) and explain a bit better which
> options new developers have.
>
> 	http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/JzyYyxw0Qb
>
> Let me know what you think.

I think one source of confusion is that "Ubuntu Contributing Developers" 
is not a subset of "Ubuntu Developers":

According to the link above, "Ubuntu Developers /.../ are granted direct 
upload to the Ubuntu archive, according to their application", whereas 
"Ubuntu Contributing Developers /.../ still have to get uploads sponsored".

We should probably change one of "Ubuntu Contributing Developers" and 
"Ubuntu Developers" to reduce confusion - maybe "Ubuntu Developers" 
should be renamed to "Ubuntu Uploading Developers", and let "Ubuntu 
Developers" mean the combination of both "Ubuntu Contributing 
Developers" and "Ubuntu Uploading Developers"?

-- 
David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd.
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