Process for adding new members?

[Iulian Udrea]

On 28 October 2010 21:23, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, October 28, 2010 02:28:00 pm Iulian Udrea wrote:
> > On 28 October 2010 15:26, Robbie Williamson <robbie at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > I had a conversation today with ScottK about growing the Ubuntu Release
> > > team and how we add members.  He gave me some background on how it was
> > > when MOTU was separate, and I think along those lines we could setup a
> > > system whereby an existing member sponsors an application and we vote
> as
> > > a team.  Thoughts/Suggestions?
> >
> > Alrighty.  What was the conclusion?  Do we need to grow the team or not?
>  I
> > believe
> > the answer to this question should have been written before thinking
> > about the process
> > of adding new members to the team.  If the answer is positive then I
> think
> > the process
> > that Robbie is talking about is quite good.
>
> I don't know that we have a final conclusion.  I certainly think we could
> have
> used more manpower in the last release.  We need to see how people's
> availability in this cycle is likely to be and make an assessment.
>
> Regardless of when we need more people, I think we need to decide how we
> are
> going to decide.


Right.


>


> > My thought about this is that we indeed need a couple of more members.
>  I'm
> > thinking
> > of Scott (who is just a volunteer) as two persons in the release team.  I
> > mean, he is
> > doing loads of work and I am very grateful to him and I would like to
> share
> > this with him
> > when I have the opportunity.  Anyway, the point is that some of us (as in
> > me:)) sometimes
> > don't have the time to deal with the huge number of requests we're
> getting
> > every day. So,
> > that being said, it is always good to have others who can back us up when
> > we're missing.
>
> I was fortunate in this last cycle to be in a position to invest a lot of
> time
> in release work.  I expect it will be less in Natty both due to having less
> time for Ubuntu in general and due to anticipating needing to put a fair
> amount of time into the Python 2.7 transition and some other things.
>
> I would like to see an additional person who's oriented on the unseeded
> packages (e.g. Universe/Multiverse) on the team, but that's just my
> perspective.
>

Yes, exactly.  The main and restricted are doing good so far. An additional
person who would like to look after unseeded packages is an excellent idea.

Iulian


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