Comments on: On the Ubuntu Community (reprise)

By: Jef Spaleta

Jef Spaleta — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:21:59 +0000

In reply to Jono Bacon. Jono, "party whip" is probably closer than "whipping boy." from a tasking based role definition.

By: Michael Paoli

Michael Paoli — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:06:37 +0000

Sounds like good arguments for developing for Debian. :-)

Develop for Debian, get it into Debian, and then other downstream distributions, such as Ubuntu, can take it in – if they so choose to do so – or not. And generally nothing prevents a Debian developer from, e.g., also being an Ubuntu developer.

Also, I, and certainly others – probably most, would also argue that Debian, including its development process – even how it’s organized and run, is much more open and democratic. So, with Debian, much less likely that there will be “surprises” to catch one off-guard – certainly at least decision type surprises, anyway.

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:46:52 +0000

In reply to Benjamin Kerensa. Yeah, I think "Canonical Community Manager" is what Martin is looking for here.

By: Jono Bacon

Jono Bacon — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:42:46 +0000

In reply to Benjamin Kerensa. Ubuntu Whipping Boy? ;-)

By: Benjamin Kerensa

Benjamin Kerensa — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:12:06 +0000

In reply to Martin Owens. What do you think his title is? I mean the only other title I have ever seen others refer to him by was Canonical Community Manager.

By: Jono Bacon

Jono Bacon — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:55:32 +0000

Thanks for the great write-up, Elizabeth!

By: Martin Owens

Martin Owens — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:52:56 +0000

Thanks for the video link.

Why is Jono labelled as the Ubuntu Community Manager? We’ve talked to him about this before, it’s a confusing an inappropriate title for his role in the community.

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:42:54 +0000

In reply to Arthur. That's very encouraging to hear, I don't really like doing them because I'm shy, but it does seem like people like them :)

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:29:25 +0000

Happy to hear about these changes. I love the Ubuntu on Air videos. It makes me – just a regular user – feel connected to what is going on with the distro.