Hi Ubuntu Backporters Team, The Tech Board is hoping to progress the ratification of a charter for the Ubuntu Backporters Team as discussed previously on a number of occasions. My understanding is that these previous discussions between the Backporters Team and the Tech Board have not been able to reach a consensus on both the level of detail and the requirements that would be stipulated in the Charter.
The previous drafts at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports/Charter seemed to contain a mix of both high level statements/directions for the team as well as lower-level policies for the operation of the team. I notice that now most of these lower-level details have moved into https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports/Policies but there is still no higher level Charter outlining the purpose and guiding principles for the team. As such I propose the following as a starting point, which is based on the previous proposal from rbasak[1] but which tries to reduce any potential burdens placed on the team by such an overall Charter: * Establish and manage an effective process to handle backport requests based solely on their technical merit. * Maintain the backports pocket based on this process, with an aim to ensure all requests are responded to in a reasonable amount of time. * Maintain quality in the backports pocket, where the definition of quality is driven by the team, but decided by consensus within the wider Ubuntu developer community. * Handle process reform and membership management internally, ensuring that any responsibility can be carried by any contributor who demonstrates the required capacity and competence. I hope this can serve as a basis to reach a consensus that is amendable to both the Backporters Team and Technical Board. I welcome any feedback from all involved (please note I am not subscribed to the ubuntu-backports list so please CC me directly on responses). Thanks, Alex [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-backports/2022-February/022687.html -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
