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[Michael Vogt <mvo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:08:19PM -0500, Gary Lasker wrote:
> Hello Software Center devs!
Hey Gary,
 
[..]
> And make no mistake, the idea here is to increase development velocity
> by increasing code quality and knowledge sharing, etc. It is most
> definitely *not* intended to slow things down with heavyweight
> processes. In fact, the changes for our team will likely be fairly
> minimal as we already have all of the important pieces in place in our
> process today (code reviews, automatic unit tests, etc.).
> 
> Further, we, as a team, have the freedom to implement the processes in
> such a way as we see fit to make them work best for *our team*. The idea
> is to *increase* the enjoyment and satisfaction we all get from our work
> on Software Center. If at any point anyone feels like the opposite is
> happening, let's talk about it right away and fix it.
[..]

Thanks for this great summary of the changes. I can only second what
you wrote, I want this to be something that we enjoy doing and were we
feel that folllowing these principals of peer review and good test
coverage gives us better code as a result (and better code leads to
more fun, right ,)
 
[..]
> If you have some time, I'd appreciate if you could look this document
> over and let's have a discussion about anything that you think ought to
> change or that I did not get right. You'll note the document is labeled
> a "draft", that's because it will not be final until it reflects the
> policies as defined by our entire team, not just one member.
> 
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter/ProjectPolicies

I looked over the page and I think its fine, its a good summary and
excluding trivial changes (like i18n) from reviews is also a good
idea. 

Cheers,
 Michael