Upstream Contacts Growth

Registered by Jorge Castro

People with one foot in upstream and one in the distro is key, especially for bugs and patches. How are we going to grow this for N?

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
Jono Bacon
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Jorge Castro
Definition:
Review
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

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Work items (assignees will change):

Work items for natty-alpha-1:
[jorge] Talk to Brian Murray about one year's worth of Upstream Contacts data: TODO
[brian-murray] Determine new ways to look at patches in Launchpad: TODO

Work items for natty-alpha-2:
[jorge] Do an upstream survey again (every cycle from now on), including server-related upstreams: TODO
[jorge] Identify a list of crucial upstreams to survey (do this every cycle), including server packages: TODO
[nigelbabu] Investigate the accuracy of tags for upstream ability: TODO

Work items for natty-alpha-3:
[jorge] Create communication plan around Upstream Contacts. "What are you passionate about?": TODO
[jorge] Define existing Ubuntu Developers/Maintainers as Upstream Contacts, making it explicit: TODO
[jorge] Identify major upstream events that are suitable for evangelisation: TODO

Work Items for ubuntu-11.04-beta:
[jorge] Give 'Upstream Contacts'-tasks to Ubuntu Developers going to conferences: TODO
[jorge] Investigate a filter wall for forwarding patches upstream: TODO
[jorge] Encourage test-cases along with the patches in the documentation: TODO

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