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[Micah Gersten <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/05/2010 02:02 PM, Brian Murray wrote:
> Launchpad has recently changed who can nominate a bug for a release of a
> distribution. It used to be that anyone could nominate a bug, however
> the list of nominations would then become quite cluttered as anybody
> could nominate any bug.
>
> Nominations have now been restricted to the bug supervisor role, which
> for Ubuntu is us. This now allows nominations to be used some what more
> effectively as an escalation path. Well, at least for Natty - the other
> lists are still quite cluttered. However, we will still need to
> exercise discretion as any bug can still be nominated.
>
> A bug is nominated for a release by clicking the "Nominate for release
> link" beneath the bugs task table. Pedro, Jean-Baptiste, Carlos and I
> all have the ability to approve nominations and in conjunction with the
> release team will be reviewing nominations regularly. However, if one
> seems neglected please ping one of us or email this list.
>
> In terms of discretion I suggest that only bugs that are in a Triaged or
> further status be nominated and that the bug should at least have a
> Medium importance.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this process.
>
Can MOTUs and core-devs still approve nominations?

Thanks,
Micah