Meeting transcript and topical links: http://www.novarata.net/mootbot/ubuntu-meeting.20110602_1256.html

• The ffmpeg project has forked upstream into ffmpeg and libav
• Ubuntu is currently shipping libav only, because the ffmpeg package maintainer chose to package this version
• The consensus of the Technical Board at the meeting was to regard these as separate software projects, which implies:
  • The choice of what to package is rightfully made by the maintainer. The Technical Board does not decide what software individual maintainers choose to package.
  • If another developer wished to package ffmpeg for Ubuntu, this would be welcome
  • If that were to happen, we would address any technical conflicts as they arose

• This was proposed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+bug/174375/comments/21

• Bug 451390 is now fixed, so this can proceed

• The TB members present at this meeting did not feel confident enough to make a decision about whether we should proceed immediately, and wanted more input from members familiar with archive administration
• Deferred to the next meeting

• Evan Dandrea proposed that we collect data on successful vs. failed installation attempts from end users
• The TB was asked for a policy ruling on whether this would be acceptable, or under what conditions
• Various concerns have been raised, including:
  • Implementation considerations, such as whether useful data can be collected without leaking identifying information
  • Utility considerations, such as whether this data would in fact be useful for improving the installer
  • Privacy considerations, such as whether it is appropriate require explicit consent from the user before sharing this data
  • Transparency considerations, such as whether the raw data collected should be shared with the general public
• The discussion in the meeting focused mainly on the privacy concerns
• No clear consensus was reached, and clearly more discussion is necessary
• To be continued by email and in the next TB meeting

• Nicolas Barcet submitted a proposal for a technical policy to be applied to packages in the Canonical partner repository: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2011-May/000875.html

• There was some discussion of whether this policy should be unified across the Canonical partner repositories and the -extras repositories
• It was suggested that some reference should be made to the Ubuntu Policy Manual
• To be continued by email (time pressure)

• Bryce Harrington confirmed his willingness act as a Launchpad stakeholder on behalf of Ubuntu

• Francis Lacoste proposed a code change to Launchpad which would affect the permission model for Ubuntu branches, and asked for input from the technical board
• No issues were raised other than those already raised by James Westby by email