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[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 05:28:14PM -0400, Francis J. Lacoste wrote:
> While trying to use a distribution object for the Ensemble Principia 
> distribution, I've hit some rusty parts of the Launchpad code.
> 
> We have two celebrities that are used for permission checking and I don't 
> think they are needed (plus it limits the use of distributions outside of the 
> Ubuntu case).
> 
> They are:
> 
> * Ubuntu Branches. Only members of that team can set official package branch 
> link.
> 
> * Ubuntu Techboard. Only members of that team can manage archive permissions.
> 
> I'd like to remove both celebrities and make the distribution owner the team 
> in charge for both of these things. In Ubuntu's case, the techboard team is 
> the distribution owner. 
> 
> For official package branch, this change would affect James Westby as he's the 
> only member of ubuntu branches that is not part of the technical board.
> 
> Maybe what's needed is to fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/365098 
> and allow anyone who can upload the package to set the official link. The 
> question then becomes, do we need to fix that bug before proceeding (in other 
> word, would there be unwanted fall-outs from restricting this to the current 
> distribution owners.)
> 
> Eagerly awaiting your comments.

No additional concerns have come up beyond what James Westby already said.

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 - mdz