(also posted at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoard/TeamReports/11/June)
Chair: Matt Zimmerman Present: Scott James Remnant, Kees Cook Apologies: Colin Watson, Mark Shuttleworth A complete meeting transcript with relevant links is available at: http://www.novarata.net/mootbot/ubuntu-meeting.20110602_1256.html * ffmpeg vs. libav + The ffmpeg project has forked upstream into ffmpeg and libav + Ubuntu is currently shipping libav only, because the ffmpeg package maintainer chose to package this version + The consensus of the Technical Board at the meeting was to regard these as separate software projects, which implies: - The choice of what to package is rightfully made by the maintainer. The Technical Board does not decide what software individual maintainers choose to package. - If another developer wished to package ffmpeg for Ubuntu, this would be welcome - If that were to happen, we would address any technical conflicts as they arose * Setting the Ubuntu series release manager in Launchpad to ubuntu-release + This was proposed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+bug/174375/comments/21 + Bug 451390 is now fixed, so this can proceed + The TB members present at this meeting did not feel confident enough to make a decision about whether we should proceed immediately, and wanted more input from members familiar with archive administration + Deferred to the next meeting * Measuring installation success/failure + Evan Dandrea proposed that we collect data on successful vs. failed installation attempts from end users + The TB was asked for a policy ruling on whether this would be acceptable, or under what conditions + Various concerns have been raised, including: - Implementation considerations, such as whether useful data can be collected without leaking identifying information - Utility considerations, such as whether this data would in fact be useful for improving the installer - Privacy considerations, such as whether it is appropriate require explicit consent from the user before sharing this data - Transparency considerations, such as whether the raw data collected should be shared with the general public + The discussion in the meeting focused mainly on the privacy concerns + No clear consensus was reached, and clearly more discussion is necessary + To be continued by email and in the next TB meeting * Policy proposal for partner repository + Nicolas Barcet submitted a proposal for a technical policy to be applied to packages in the Canonical partner repository: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2011-May/000875.html + There was some discussion of whether this policy should be unified across the Canonical partner repositories and the -extras repositories + To be continued by email (time pressure) * Launchpad stakeholder for Ubuntu project + Bryce Harrington confirmed his willingness act as a Launchpad stakeholder on behalf of Ubuntu * ubuntu-techboard celebrity in Launchpad + Francis Lacoste proposed a code change to Launchpad which would affect the permission model for Ubuntu branches, and asked for input from the technical board + No issues were raised other than those already raised by James Westby by email Chair for the next meeting: Martin Pitt -- - mdz -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel