Please do not tell people interested in working on Qt/KDE apps in?Universe #ubuntu-motu is the wrong channel

[Scott Kitterman]

"Soren Hansen" <soren at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 01:44:39PM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> The conversation didn't start with "help me with this package". It
>> started with "I want to be a MOTU".
>
>True.
>
>> My read is someone who said they wanted to become a MOTU was sent away
>> and that's not very Ubuntu. #kubuntu-devel is not the best channel for
>> people that want to be MOTU.
>
>That depends. If said person is mostly/only interested in KDE stuff, it
>sounds (based on the name, I've never been there) like the best place
>place to get guidance on that subject, and only a few e-mails ago you
>becried the fact that people working on KDE had their MOTU application
>rejected. If you believe working on Kubuntu should be a valid path to
>becoming a MOTU, what's wrong with working more directly with the
>Kubuntu developers in #kubuntu-devel as your way towards MOTU?
>
>Again, I have to stress that noone was thrown out of #ubuntu-motu. A
>more focused forum was simply pointed out.
>
I get that you think it's OK to tell people who want to be a MOTU to go elsewhere if they express an interest in a KDE/Qt packages. 

I disagree.  

Scott K