core-dev write permissions to documentation branches?

[Matthew East]

On 27 August 2011 04:51, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> ScottK asked today whether core-dev should have write access to the
> documentation branches. He was specifically asking about the server-guide
> since that is only distributed on help.ubuntu.com so it's relatively low
> risk.
>
> It sounds like a reasonable request to me, seeing as we trust core-dev with
> nearly everything in Ubuntu.
>
> So should core-dev be a member of ubuntu-core-doc?

Yes, I think it is a reasonable request too. I have two possible
concerns though. First, given that good developers aren't necessarily
good documentation writers (although they may be!), can we ensure that
people committing to the branch are following our practices properly
and validating the documentation markup? Second, if we add core-dev to
core-doc, would we be exposing the core-dev team to a bunch of bug
reports, merge requests and commit emails which the core-doc team gets
on a regular basis, or would those emails not go to a subteam? Does
anyone know enough about Launchpad's setup to resolve that issue?

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Matthew East
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