* Technical Board meeting, 2009-09-08 * Debian technical committee participation in techboard * Bdale Garbee has put himself forward to participate and help define the role * ACTION received: cjwatson to respond to Bdale, make arrangements for him to participate * Java SRU policy * Passed: proposed Java SRU policy at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#sun-java* as amended for appropriate smoke testing by pitti/kees. * ACTION received: pitti to update SRU document per vote * Removal of sun-java6 from Karmic * Passed: remove sun-java6 from karmic in favor of openjdk-6, contingent on approval from the maintainer (Matthias Klose). * ACTION received: kees to confirm removal of sun-java6 with doko * Developer Membership Board * Scott has set up the appropriate teams in Launchpad * The DMB now needs to be communicated, and start doing the work of processing membership applications * ACTION received: cjwatson to announce DMB to MC, -devel announce * Action: jono to update documentation * Archive reorganisation (Colin Watson) * Colin had a couple of minor items to confirm with the TB before throwing the switch on package sets * Ubuntu package sets are now implemented in Launchpad * Community bugs (none) * select a chair for the next meeting (kees) * Technical Board meeting, 2009-09-22 * reviewed actions from last meeting * ACTION: Keybuk to find Bdale at LinuxCon to hash out participation * Removal of sun-java6 * Based on feedback all around, it was agreed that it is still early for sun-java6 to be dropped. However, it was not yet clear if responsibility for the package should be changed. * ACTION: kees to drive sun-java6 email thread and get resolution on responsibility * Developer Membership Board * Striking the right balance between openness and privacy combined with the desire to not change existing processes too radically continues to be a non-trivial issue. * ACTION: cjwatson to drive DMB email thread to conclusion * Discuss UnitsPolicy * Excepting some clarifications to the language surrounding file sizes, the Policy is nearly ready. * ACTION: Keybuk to finalize unit policy and email to TB for vote * Community Bugs (none) * Archive reorganisation (Colin Watson) * There was general agreement that team admins have been delegated the responsibility to grant upload privileges, but that how they choose developers is not entirely clear. * Daniel expressed a concern that team admins should follow a standard transparent process when dealing with applicants. * Scott proposed having it split into "application" (standard) and "approval" (up to the admin) * Martin proposed that the TB would approve a set of possible application processes an admin could choose from. * ACTION: cjwatson to drive vote on Archive Reorg rights for ubuntu-desktop and mythbuntu in email * Select a chair for next meeting (pitti)