On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 8:38 AM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunna...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On 2021-07-20 13:58, Dan Streetman wrote: > > Yes, objection here. The backports pocket is still in use. > > > > If I understand correctly, as discussed in much greater length in > > other posts in this thread, the sole problem with the backports > > process is lack of time for the Ubuntu Backports Team to actually > > review uploads to the -backports pocket. > > > > If that's the case, then the Canonical Sustaining Engineering Group > > is happy to take that over (since 'sustaining' the stable releases > > is...our job), please feel free to ping me about ACLs and process > > tooling for approving -backports uploads and we'll start reviewing > > the queues. > > That sounds promising, Dan. > > As regards uploads in the queues, I had a quick look yesterday. I found > one item in bionic and four ones in focal. But only one (1) item had a > reference to a bug report with the expected justification, test results etc. > > But then we have all the backport requests which are not yet uploaded: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bionic-backports > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/focal-backports > > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports> gives the impression that the > uploads should be carried out by an ~ubuntu-backporters member in > connection with the review. > > So if the Canonical Sustaining Engineering Group steps up — which is > excellent, of course — there still seems to be room for clarification of > the process. > > * Who can/should upload? > > * Should sponsorship be sought for uploads to the -backports queues?
definitely good points to clarify, we should probably move any clarifications over to rbasak's new thread > > -- > Cheers, > > Gunnar Hjalmarsson > https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports