non-MOTU Hopeful contributions (was:: GetDeb Project (Why I participate ))
Scott Kitterman
ubuntu at kitterman.com
Wed Oct 17 18:51:58 BST 2007
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 13:45, Peter (Ubuntu List) wrote:
> Do you have to be a MOTU to contribute to the backports?
No. We take backports from the developmental Ubuntu release. What backports
most needs is people to test packages. To be a member of the group that
approved backports, you need to be a MOTU, but anyone can request and test.
Please come help out as we have far more requests than can be tested.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
> See maybe I'm not understanding it, but in order to provide packages,
> either new or updates it was my believe you had to be a MOTU.
To actually upload packages to the archive, you need to be a MOTU, but we have
a review process in place to allow non-MOTUs to contribute both new and
updated packages. You most emphatically do NOT have to be a MOTU to
contribute (you don't even need to intend to become one).
Scott K
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