<div dir="ltr">"We do also intend to appoint a dedicated person focused on community<br>processes rather than Canonical processes; while they won't be expected<br>to *do* this work, they would be a natural coordinator and able to<br>provide more insight to all the groups that share the archive for their<br>different goals."<div><br></div><div>This is both great news and a good step in the right direction. It would at least get everyone marching towards the same goal.</div><div><br></div><div>Dustin.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 01:00, Mark Shuttleworth <<a href="mailto:mark@ubuntu.com">mark@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
It has been an intense time for multiple groups, thank you both for<br>
being willing to pull this frayed thread back into the tapestry.<br>
<br>
The many flavours of Ubuntu are an important part of our story, and<br>
occasionally it helps to remind ourselves of that.<br>
<br>
Free software is great because it enables people to pursue diverse<br>
interests and passions without having to get a central endorsement.<br>
Anybody can make a distro that explores the ideas they are interested<br>
in, without seeking Linus' blessing, or any company support. However,<br>
they then have the full burden of 'doing it right', with all the<br>
infrastructure and security and update work that entails. As a result,<br>
many of the more specialist distros suffer on base quality or security.<br>
<br>
Our flavours are a way of enabling people to express and share their<br>
interests in a different take on Linux, but benefit from all the shared<br>
effort that goes into the archive, at the (hopefully small) cost of<br>
coordinating in the archive and around releases.<br>
<br>
Perhaps it would be good to have a dashboard of things like queue length<br>
and wait time, together with a single 'status' page where current<br>
constraints could be expressed, if we don't already have that.<br>
<br>
We do also intend to appoint a dedicated person focused on community<br>
processes rather than Canonical processes; while they won't be expected<br>
to *do* this work, they would be a natural coordinator and able to<br>
provide more insight to all the groups that share the archive for their<br>
different goals.<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
<br>
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