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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 09:35:52AM -0600, C de-Avillez wrote:
> Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >   
> >> I (co)maintain several packages[1] in Debian and would like to look after
> >> bugs filed for them in Ubuntu.  There are only a few bugs reported, so I
> >> guess I won't do very much for now.
> >>
> >> I have signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and read the documents
> >> mentioned in [2].  Most things don't look too different from Debian's
> >> way, so I think I will be okay :-)  I'm not very familiar with things
> >> different in Ubuntu, but as I'll mostly look after my own packages I
> >> hope this won't be a large problem.
> >>     
> Thank you for your interest, and I am sorry I twice failed to notice
> your request.
> 
> I would like to point you to [[1] as a generic linker to triaging on
> Ubuntu, and [2] specifically for bug status meaning. This is specially
> important, since -- for example -- a "Fix Committed" is only valid on
> the Ubuntu task when the patch has either made it to an Ubuntu source
> package, or the binary package has been published (on -proposed, or on
> the current develpment series).
> 
> I am sure you will quickly understand the flow ;-).
> 
> Personally, I am very happy on having an upstream (co)maintainer here,
> and I am all in favour of it. But -- and yes, there is a but, sorry --
> we still have to follow the rules of the game. On the other hand, there
> are no rules of the game for this scenario. Yet.

I actually think this is pretty well covered by the following from the
Ubuntu Bug Control wiki page:

"Requirement 4 [triaged bugs] can be waived if you are an upstream
developer / bug triager or if an Ubuntu developer vouches for you and
your ability to triage bug reports."
 
> So, I propose that, for the time being. we accept you as a *temporary*
> member of BugControl, say, for 2 months. At the end of two months one of
> us will either vouch for you -- which would give you the standard
> one-year membership --, or reject you -- which, obviously, will cause
> your BugControl membership to terminate.

All memberships are already for an initial period of three months, so
why don't we just use that?
 
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Brian Murray                                                 @ubuntu.com

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