Reevaluating the "Ubuntu Contributing Developer" status

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday, October 06, 2011 08:34:59 AM David Henningsson wrote:
> 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_Dev
> >>    elopers>> 
> >> 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"?

I agree with your assessment of the problem, but I think that's the wrong 
change.  The term Ubuntu Developer has had a pretty stable meaning (PPU 
uploaders have been added) for the five years I've been involved in the project 
and so I don't think changing that is the right answer.

Scott K