Merging SRU and release team, leaving

[Martin Pitt]

Hello release and SRU teams,

as discussed at UDS [1] we were planning to merge ~ubuntu-release and
~ubuntu-sru, as the required skills, tools, and processes overlap to a
large degree.

Before we flip the switch and add ~ubuntu-release to ~ubuntu-sru, I'd
like to discuss two things for a bit:

 * Bug mail: u-sru gets tons of bug mail. A lot of it is irrelevant
   for the SRU team itself, but it still needs to be scanned for
   regression reports and testing feedback (when you should update the
   verification-needed tag to -done).

   When we merge the teams, the whole release team will get that mail,
   which is unnecessary. It would be enough if one or two people get
   it and are responsible for watching the mail traffic, it's not
   necessary for reviewing uploads or moving packages to -updates as
   long as you check the tail of the bug report before doing so.

   This could also be a rotational role ('SRU bug mail guard').

   The other members should filter out bug mail with something like

   :0:
   * ^X-Launchpad-Bug:
   * ^X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Subscriber @ubuntu-sru
   /dev/null

   (procmail) or a corresponding rule in your mail filtering system of
   choice.

 * Rotation: With the entire release team now (potentially) doing
   reviews of the stable upload queues, it might be prudent to have a
   kind of roster (similar to the "archive admin of the day") rather
   than hoping that "someone else will do it". If there are five
   people available, we could empty the queues and do the -proposed →
   -updates promotion every day, and it should not take more than 15
   minutes every day.

Finally, with me moving into a new role from June on [2] and being in
stable+1 team this month, I'd like to step down from both the release
and SRU teams. I'll still be available for mentoring, questions, and
the odd "can you urgently review this" actions, but not doing
milestone releases or regular SRU work any more.

Thanks!

Martin


[1] http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20699/other-q-release-team-meeting/
[2] http://www.piware.de/2012/05/to-boldly-go-where-no-test-has-gone-before/
-- 
Martin Pitt                        | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com)  | Debian Developer  (www.debian.org)
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