Launchpad group changes

Jim Campbell jwcampbell at ubuntu.com
Mon May 18 00:47:02 UTC 2009


Hi Matthew,

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> At our recent meeting we decided to change the project's Launchpad
> structure slightly, so that each flavour of the documentation
> (ubuntu-docs, kubuntu-docs, xubuntu-docs and edubuntu-docs) would have
> its own project on Launchpad, with all four of the projects part of an
> "project group". We decided that the setup and team management of the
> projects should be identical for each, and the releases and official
> branch structure should be identical. This will be a trial for 6
> months and we can reassess the position after that.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/DocTeam/May2009
>
> We need to push forward and implement that decision, but I'd like to
> raise a quick issue before doing that.
>
> The structure of Launchpad groups that I'd like to implement is as follows:
>
> - ubuntu-doc-project
>    - ubuntu-docs
>    - kubuntu-docs
>    - xubuntu-docs
>    - edubuntu-docs
>
> The potential disadvantage of this that I can see is that links to the
> old "ubuntu-doc" project pages will break. We'll have to fix those
> links (for example, in the package descriptions and in our wiki
> pages). However, I think that using something like
> "ubuntu-doc-project" rather than "ubuntu-doc" for the project group is
> clearer and avoids a confusing distinction between urls with
> "ubuntu-doc" and "ubuntu-docs" in them.
>
> Any objections to that? Can anyone see any problems that I've missed?
>

Thanks. I have no objections to this. I do like the idea of having the
location for bug reports identified as "ubuntu-doc-project," which is as you
have indicated. I think that will make things clearer for those wishing to
file bugs.

Jim
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