How to ask for introducing a new package into main?

[Seth Arnold]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 08:44:21AM +0000, c.buhtz at posteo.jp wrote:
> Am 19.01.2023 18:17 schrieb Gunnar Hjalmarsson:
> > Pls see https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-mir
> 
> Nice process. It is not clear for me how do I open a bug report. The bug
> list on launchpad is closed. There is no "new bug report" item.

The bug would be opened on the source package of whatever package you're
trying to promote to main. If the package is in universe, that's pretty
easy, visit the package page for it:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/PACKAGENAMEHERE

and click 'Report a bug'. Hopefully then the github piece will make more
sense.

If the package isn't actually in Ubuntu yet, it'll take more work. If you
get the package into Debian unstable, it'll automatically be imported into
Ubuntu universe by a syncing robot.

> I also think the process isn't worth and my request would be closed
> immediately. My arguments for the package is easy. It is still in Debian
> which is a quality fact by itself. So take it from there. Isn't Ubuntu
> itself "based on Debian"? What does this technically mean? You just copy
> some packages from a Debian repo?

There's nothing that says your request would be closed immediately, but
there's no denying that it would take more work. Promoting packages to
main requires a team bug subscriber: you'd want to talk to whichever team
would make most sense to maintain the package and discuss why it'd make
sense.

Why specifically main? What's wrong with universe?

Thanks
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