= Attendees = Scott James Remnant (chair) Mark Shuttleworth Colin Watson Matt Zimmerman
= Notes = (copied from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoard/TeamReports/09/August) * Technical Board meeting, 2009-08-25 * Yulia Novozhilova was approved for per-package upload privileges to netbeans * Action: cjwatson to implement * Andy Whitcroft was approved for per-package upload privileges to the kernel * Action: cjwatson to implement * Review of outstanding actions; actions carried over: * Action: TB to review Jono's draft text to communicate the TB's willingness to review key topics submitted by the community * Action: Colin to update http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard * Done, with further text to be applied * Action: Colin to apply further updates to http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard based on his new text * Action: Colin to discuss role of a Debian representative on the TB by e-mail. * No reply from Debian TC, Colin to chase and continue discussions * Action: Jamie Strandboge to add a reference to the [[ZeroConfPolicySpec|previously-approved mDNS policy]] * Done. * Action: Mark to create and announce TB vote * Done, the vote in is in progress. 78 votes have been cast out of 130 voters. * Developer Membership Board (ScottJamesRemnant) * LP changes have been implemented * RT tickets filed (#35428, #35429) for mailing list changes * Action: Scott to complete implementation of Developer Membership Board proposal * Action: Jono to see that documentation is updated to reflect the Developer Membership Board (blocked on above) * Archive reorganisation (ColinWatson) * The majority of MOTUs have responded to the initial feelers about their final privileges, most want to be generalists * Action: cjwatson to do a final check with the Soyuz team on the details, and start pushing initial sets into LP * After that, the next step is to start talking with the release teams about unifying processes there * Check up on community bugs * Zarro boogs. * Drivers for Ubuntu (MattZimmerman, Curtis Hovey) * We received an authorative explanation from the LP team about what the driver teams can currently do, and they are now looking for us to tell them what they *should* be able to do * cjwatson to draft proposed ubuntu drivers scheme for consensus * Base-2 prefix names (BenjaminDrung) * Benjamin Drung asked that the Technical Board discuss the use of units in Ubuntu, specifically the distinction between IEC base-2 multiple units such as kibibyte (KiB) vs. SI base-10 multiple units such as kilobyte (kB) vs. the current scattered implementations. * (as an aside, there's a third "standard" in the form of the O'Reilly Style Guide which species a base-2 multiple unit (KB)) * The Technical Board agreed that the current scattered forms are a mess, and that we should have a nuanced policy on their use in Ubuntu * Action: bdrung to draft an initial policy to serve as a basis for discussion * Select a chair for the next meeting * The next meeting takes place after the TB vote has been completed. * It seems unfair to bestow the chair on a newly elected member * If mdz is elected for a further turn, he is the next chair on rotation * If mdz is not elected, the next chair on rotation would fall to cjwatson Scott -- Scott James Remnant [email protected]
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