TechnicalBoard

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The Ubuntu Technical Board is responsible for the technical direction that Ubuntu takes. The Technical Board makes final decisions over package selection, packaging policy, installation system and process, toolchain, kernel, X server, library versions and dependencies, and any other matter which requires technical supervision in Ubuntu.

Purpose

The Technical Board is responsible for the following documents and processes:

  • The Ubuntu Package Policy, which describes the standards with which Ubuntu packages must comply. Each release of Ubuntu will be associated with a specific version of the Package Policy. You may propose updates and changes to the Package Policy.
  • Ubuntu Release Feature Goals, which determine specific features which we aim to include in each release of Ubuntu. These are documented on the wiki pages for each release. You may propose additional Feature Goals until that release is in Feature Freeze, after which Feature Goals will be deferred to the next Release.
  • Ubuntu Package Selection, the list of packages that will be installed in a Base or Desktop Ubuntu installation, as well as the list of packages that qualify for full support in main as opposed to universe. You may propose packages for inclusion in the Base Install, or the Desktop Install, or in main where they will be immediately available to Ubuntu users.

The Ubuntu Technical Board operates on the following basis:

  • The Board meets at least every two weeks, on IRC.

  • You can submit an item or proposal for discussion by the Technical Board using the wiki page TechnicalBoardAgenda.

  • Technical Board meetings are open to all interested parties, but the Board seeks only to find consensus amongst Board members, and representatives from the Team that submitted the proposal.
  • If an open meeting becomes too noisy, the Board will move to a private channel for the duration of the meeting.
  • In any event, full transcripts of the Board meeting will be published immediately after the meeting.

  • The Technical Board can be reached at technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com. This list is privately archived to allow issues to be raised confidentially.

  • The list of Technical Board members can be found on Launchpad. Meetings of the Board will also include members of the Team making any proposal or placing an item on the agenda, and the Board will try to reach consensus between Board Members and the Team Representatives. The Chairman of the Technical Board is Matt Zimmerman. Nominations for the Technical Board will be considered for each Release (every six months). Appointments to the board are made by Mark Shuttleworth subject to confirmation by a vote amongst the maintainers. Appointments are made for a period of one year.

Agenda

If you would like to add an item to the Technical Board Agenda for discussion, please add it to the TechnicalBoardAgenda page.

Members

* see TechnicalBoardGroup