Hi Matt,
On Thursday 19 January 2006 19:36, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Currently, proposals for new packages to be added to universe are > maintained here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UniverseCandidates > > This seems to work reasonably well, but has the usual limitations of > storing structured data in a wiki. Also, we receive a steady flow of such > requests via Malone, and moving data between these systems is inconvenient. > > Therefore, I would like to ask your opinions about maintaining this list in > Malone instead. > > - With Launchpad teams, it would be possible for interested developers to > be notified of requests for new packages, to see if it's something they > would be interested in packaging. Consider a "MOTU new packages" team or > similar. > > - The status of each package could be tracked using the usual Malone > mechanisms, and interested parties could subscribe to be notified when > the status changes > > - The queue could be prioritized using Malone metadata > > Thoughts? Well, we thought about a system like RT, to maintain a list like this. Actually, it would be better, when we can have a tool in launchpad, like Corey proposed in his reply. But Launchpad/Malone would be as first step a very good idea. Regards, \sh -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
