MOTU Meeting Minutes for 2009-01-30

MOTUs:
 * [[JonathanDavies|Jonathan Davies]]
 * [[LucaFalavigna|Luca Falavigna]]
 * [[NathanHandler|Nathan Handler]]
 * [[EmmetHikory|Emmet Hikory]]
 * [[Hobbsee|Sarah Hobbs]]
 * [[MortenKjeldgaard|Morten Kjeldgaard]]
 * [[JamesWestby|James Westby]]

== Discussion about REVU ==

[[MortenKjeldgaard|Morten Kjeldgaard]] raised a proposal to improve [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/REVUWorkflowProposal|REVU workflow]]. With this new approach, packages uploaded to REVU would fall into four categories depending on reviewers' actions (need-work comments or advocations). It could also be possible to inhibit new uploads to REVU at a choosen time (i.e. after FeatureFreeze), but [[NathanHandler|Nathan Handler]] and [[EmmetHikory|Emmet Hikory]] put some objections about this feature.

Discussion was taken to describe the new display method for REVU packages, [[NathanHandler|Nathan Handler]] and [[EmmetHikory|Emmet Hikory]] argued about the real usefulness of the new interface, especially because of the notification feature already implemented in REVU (interested parties can subscribe to a given package to receive updates about a package status). After a short discussion, there was no consensus about the proposed workflow because there is not a clear idea of the benefits of it. [[LucaFalavigna|Luca Falavigna]] proposed to set up a staging REVU server to familiarize with the new display method to see how it performs and if there is room for improvements.

==== Decisions ====

 * [[MortenKjeldgaard|Morten Kjeldgaard]] will code new display method
 * [[LucaFalavigna|Luca Falavigna]] will look for hosting for a staging REVU server
 * [[NathanHandler|Nathan Handler]] will coordinate the process and report back to MOTUs about the implementation