Agenda

This page records the agenda for the next meeting of the Ubuntu Backporters team, which handles the process and review for https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports.

Contents

  1. Where and When
  2. Agenda
    1. Previous Action Items
    2. Open Mailing List Threads
    3. Open Bugs needing discussion
    4. AOB
  3. Post-Meeting Chair Administrative Items
  4. Previous Meetings
  5. Background
    1. Team
    2. References

Where and When

Team meetings are held in the libera.chat IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting. To find the date and time of next meeting, please see the meeting logs page.

Agenda

Previous Action Items

  • ddstreet
    • ddstreet get DEB_VENDOR=ubuntu dch --bpo to DTRT pls (carried over)
    • ddstreet look at reviewer tooling such as 'queue' or other tools for reviewing/accepting/rejecting uploads, and closing the corresponding bugs (carried over)

    • ddstreet send short policy wording proposal to ML regarding https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-backports/2023-March/023030.html

    • ddstreet ping email to keep thread alive: clarification on specific wording for no-bug-required backport exceptions
    • ddstreet update exception list to add cockpit, cockpit-machines, cockpit-podman
    • ddstreet review cockpit uploads to non-LTS releases
    • ddstreet note in wiki exceptions are evalated on a case by case basis
    • ddstreet email mapreri (and list) to pick next mtg date (probably in jan)
  • teward
    • teward make sure there are no bugs in requestbackport and backportpackage tools (in lunar) (carried over)
  • mapreri
    • mapreri upload (more of) all the tools (carried over, in progress)

    • mapreri fix lintian to not complain about ~bpo suffix (https://bugs.debian.org/1001399) (carried over)

    • mapreri review wiki page to see how we can highlight that backport requestors need to do the backport work and find a sponsor (carried over)
    • mapreri start thread on ML about how to use bug status to define meaing in process (carried over)
  • **UNASSIGNED**
    • (unassigned) consider documenting an SLA for reviewing uploaded backport packages
    • (unassigned) check if backports pocket uploads and/or approvals go to a ML (carried over)
    • (unassigned) if no ML for backports uploads/approvals, check on how to create one (carried over)

Open Mailing List Threads

ubuntu-backports list archive

Open Bugs needing discussion

Ubuntu Backporters subscribed bugs

AOB

  • agree on next meeting date

Post-Meeting Chair Administrative Items

  • schedule next meeting

  • update Agenda page (this page)

    • replace Previous Action Items
    • update Open Mailing List Threads and Open Bugs

  • update Previous Meetings page

    • add link to completed meeting irc and meetingology logs
    • update 'next meeting' date

Previous Meetings

Previous meeting logs, as well as the next scheduled meeting date, are available here.

Background

This team was rebooted after initial discussion in these threads:

Team

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-backporters/+members

References

UbuntuBackports/Agenda (last edited 2023-12-01 16:31:56 by ddstreet)