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Re: Fwd: Launchpad: Reminder about lubuntu-desktop's PPAs

 

Hi,

yes agree. Let me know what I can do, if you need help with the set up.

Thanks,

Mario


On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Mario.
>
> Currently, the situation is not very nice, the mailing list is not open anymore, and the PPA is too common. We have to change the mailing or the PPA location, or both.
>
> About the mailing list, the best solution is probably to swith to one (or 1 for user help, and 1 for devel ?) on https://lists.ubuntu.com/, since it's a more standart mailing list (no need to be member of the team).
>
> The PPA will probably diseapears with the time, we need more specialized PPAs, instead of one with many varous stuff in it.
>
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
>
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:42:52 +0700
> Mario Behling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Launchpads/Canonical policies demand that the lubuntu team becomes
>> moderated. More info below. I had to change the group to moderated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mario
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Steve Kowalik <steve.kowalik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:25 AM
>> Subject: Launchpad: Reminder about lubuntu-desktop's PPAs
>>
>>
>> Last week we wrote to tell you that on 2011-11-23 we will be changing the
>> membership policy of your Launchpad team lubuntu-desktop to moderated.
>> We're doing this to protect the people who use that team's Personal Package
>> Archive (PPA).
>>
>> Right now, "lubuntu-desktop" has an open membership policy, meaning anyone
>> can join the team and upload potentially malicious packages to the PPA.
>>
>> We strongly recommend that you change your team's membership policy now and
>> audit the team's membership to make sure that you trust each member.
>>
>> You can change the team's membership policy here:
>>
>>  https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop/+edit
>>
>> Otherwise, you can delete the team's PPA and retain the open membership
>> policy.
>>
>> Before you can create a new team PPA, a team's membership policy must be
>> either moderated or restricted. Your team was created before we improved
>> the security around team PPAs.
>>
>> These changes won't have any affect on the team's current members. However
>> it does mean that you'll have to approve new team members.
>>
>> There's more about Launchpad's team membership policies here:
>>
>>  https://help.launchpad.net/Teams/CreatingAndRunning
>>
>> Email feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you have any questions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve Kowalik
>> On behalf of the Launchpad team
>>


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