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Bug #420513
Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 420513

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David Sugar (dyfet-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-09-05:

#39

> Thanks for making this clear. The goal for lubuntu was from the start to build a strong and broad
> community, that can take care of tasks. For example Debian packages that have been made
> available during recent months by Andrew Lee and others were also planned and released
> to lay the groundwork for lubuntu.
> How should a formalizing governance look like? Is it necessary at this stage?

With respect to governance, Scott notes we do have a LOT of new faces in this team, indeed more than I realized. Yet, and he correctly points out, we do not have a real procedure for resolving questions or disputes like what should be in the seed other than "discussing" (or shouting ;) on the list. I also note there is a desire to have Lubuntu eventually become an Ubuntu disto in the sense of things like Xubuntu and Kubuntu. These goals suggest there should be some governance, and it should resemble where it exists what other teams do.

I really have only a few suggestions.

First, there should be a separate release team or if you will something like a "Lubuntu Council" that does manage the seed and meta branches and hence can resolve what should be in it or any other issues should disputes actually arise. I suggest myself, you, Martin Eric, Maybe Oliver, and Rebentisch initially, at least provisionally to get through the remainder of the Karmic cycle, and this also gives the project as a whole some stability going into UDS as well as a little time for the rest of the community to decide what we really wish to use for governance going forward and whether this was correct to do or not :).

Second, I suggest given that UDS for Karmic "+1" is likely going to be in two months, that we draft a new spec for that UDS for/from and most especially WITH the Lubuntu team and community. Indeed, it is the approach of UDS is one reason I think it would be good to establish some things like governance now rather than to do so later.

Third, I suggest for now a monthly irc schedule we could put up on Fridge.

> Thanks for making this clear. The goal for lubuntu was from the start to build a strong and broad
> community, that can take care of tasks.  For example Debian packages that have been made
> available during recent months by Andrew Lee and others were also planned and released
> to lay the groundwork for lubuntu.
> How should a formalizing governance look like? Is it necessary at this stage?

With respect to governance, Scott notes we do have a LOT of new faces in this team, indeed more than I realized.  Yet, and he correctly points out, we do not have a real procedure for resolving questions or disputes like what should be in the seed other than "discussing" (or shouting ;) on the list.  I also note there is a desire to have Lubuntu eventually become an Ubuntu disto in the sense of things like Xubuntu and Kubuntu.  These goals suggest there should be some governance, and it should resemble where it exists what other teams do.

I really have only a few suggestions.

First, there should be a separate release team or if you will something like a "Lubuntu Council" that does manage the seed and meta branches and hence can resolve what should be in it or any other issues should disputes actually arise.  I suggest myself, you, Martin Eric, Maybe Oliver, and Rebentisch initially, at least provisionally to get through the remainder of the Karmic cycle, and this also gives the project as a whole some stability going into UDS as well as a little time for the rest of the community to decide what we really wish to use for governance going forward and whether this was correct to do or not :).

Second, I suggest given that UDS for Karmic "+1" is likely going to be in two months, that we draft a new spec for that UDS for/from and most especially WITH the Lubuntu team and community.  Indeed, it is the approach of UDS is one reason I think it would be good to establish some things like governance now rather than to do so later.

Third, I suggest for now a monthly irc schedule we could put up on Fridge.