I'm not currently a contributor to the official Ubuntu backports projects, but I have been an avid user of the official backports, and like many Ubuntu administrators, I maintain my own backport tree as well for my users.
I spoke last year at Ubuntu Live, and in-between sessions, a large group of us began an impromptu and lively discussion in the hallway about backports. Primarily, we were discussing various strategies for handling the trade-offs in managing the different goals that various user communities have for backport repositories. We also discussed ideas about building networks of backport repository users and administrators. The discussions were a bit pie-in-the-sky, but I think the issue of backports is very important and worthy of formal discussion at the conference. I am planning to propose a panel discussion at this year's Ubuntu Live to discuss the issues of backports. My hope is that we can learn from each other and the audience, and solidify ideas about how to handle the complex world of backporting going forward, and also educate users about what is available right now. If anyone on this list would like to get involved, please send me an email. -- -- bkuhn -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports