Michael Bienia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > This leads me to the question: what the main point on becoming a MOTU? >> > - is it the next reward for Ubuntu members who work hard on improving >> > Ubuntu (development)? They have good technicals skills and we trust >> > them enough to make them MOTUs (and allow them to upload directly) >> > - or is it: they have good technicals skills and we trust them enough to >> > work unsupervised and allow them to upload directly (make them a >> > MOTU).
I'm not really sure that I understand the actual difference here. We generally have some certain expectations from propective Ubuntu Developers (in no particular order, and certainly not exhaustive): . they are technically skilled to maintain packages . they are experienced enough to review and sponsor patches from other prospective contributors . they are recognized in the existing MOTU community . they are familiar with ubuntu development policies and procedures . they agree to the ubuntu philophy (think code of conduct, etc.) In some ways granting membership to a contributor that fulfills the expectations I outlined above is a reward, true. AFAIUI, we currently grant membership if the motu-council (and previously the technical board) is convinced that an applicant fulfills the expectations. For ubuntu-core-dev membership, the bar is a bit higher. We generally expect core-devs to have even more experience with packaging, but what that means in details is left rather fuzzy; and that on purpose so that applicaptions can be considered and argued more flexibly. I haven't noticed any problems with that approach since the start of the ubuntu project, so I don't think we need fixing here. In the light of UbuntuArchiveReorganisation and seed based upload permission, priority might shift, and I reckon that the individual teams (kubuntu, xubuntu, etc) will clarify their expectations for new members. It might also mean that MOTU and motu-council in paricular might review their expectations about new developer applications, if we don't want the MOTU team to be recognized as "the team maintaining packages nobody cares about" [1]. [1] because elseway, the package would have been seeded in some way. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu