rfc: permissions on package branches

[Robert Collins]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Martin Pool <mbp at canonical.com> wrote:

> From the thread so far, it seems like the simplest thing might be to
> allow branches to only be made official when they are also directly
> owned by the distro series owner?

That seems more complex than just fixing the permissions, and less
understandable than making the official branches real rather than
aliases.

Users find arbitrary restrictions hard to understand.

Lets aim for 'excellent' not 'least work' (while still aiming for 'done soon').

-Rob