Review sponsorship process and compare to security-sponsorship (Security)
Review Ubuntu sponsorship process and compare to Ubuntu Security team sponsorship process to improve it.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Robbie Williamson
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- Nicolas Valcarcel
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Jamie Strandboge
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for lucid
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- lucid-alpha-2
- Started by
- Jamie Strandboge
- Completed by
- Jamie Strandboge
Whiteboard
Work items:
create ubuntu-
clarify policy on sending stuff to -proposed: DONE
put security update info into main SponsorshipProcess document: DONE
modify security team wiki pages to reflect new procedures: DONE
create wiki page for processing the security sponsors queue: DONE
announce changes to community: DONE
create report-
Gobby text:
= Compare Universe and Security Sponsorship Processes =
* Standard Sponsorship http://
* overview: http://
* Subscription indicates need for sponsorship
* ubuntu-
* ubuntu-
* unsub team if needed work remains outstanding for too long
* Is a way to education/promote new ubuntu members
* name in changelog (for first try or two and gradually get pickier), regardless of how much of their work is still in it
* Security Sponsorship
* subscribed ubuntu-security _and_ Status == In Progress _and_ patch attached
* Road blocks in the security sponsorship process
* do you have a PoC? this is too daunting
* testing requirements
* Proposed process
* use the standard sponsorship process, except use "ubuntu-
* perhaps require SRU-like justification outlining why a contributor thinks the fix is good.
* low confidence updates
* put in -proposed (via security-proposed) depending on sponsor's confidence of the level of testing and intrusiveness of the patch (this is a risk versus benifit decision). Talk to SRU team
* ubuntu-
* upload to security-proposed to build, then copy to -proposed
* once in -proposed, subscribe motu-sru for verification-needed
* who does this? pitti? ubuntu-security?
* once verification-done, then pocket copy to -security and -updates
* Actions
* put information about security sponsorship into the main SponsorshipProcess document
* create a new team "ubuntu-