[OT] why isn't bikeshed good enough as a sounder replacement?

[Alan Pope]

On 23 June 2011 09:37, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> On Wed, June 22, 2011 20:39, Ric Moore wrote:
>
>> Been there, it didn't describe HOW-TO as well as Amedee did. It's damn
>> near like a literary test at some old deep south voter registration
>> though, when it could've been a point 'n click. Joe Lunchbucket needs to
>> be able to register too, if we are going to dummy down the user
>> interface ala Unity. After all, you never know from whence comes your
>> deliverance. :) Ric
>

Plenty of people have signed the Code of Conduct. Somewhat less have
then gone on to contribute to Ubuntu. Somewhat less have decided
they'd like to request membership and have gone through the process of
becoming a member. 697 or so in fact. These people are contributors to
Ubuntu. They code, translate, do design work, triage bugs, support
users and perform leadership roles.

Basically these are people who have decided to set aside some of their
time to work on Ubuntu.

These are not what most people would consider "users" or "Joe
Lunchbuckets", but contributors - in some way.

> I agree, it's too technical for people who don't want to be involved in
> the technical side of Ubuntu.

The process for signing the Code of Conduct isn't straightforward.
We've been told that in the past. It would be nice to have a point &
click way to do all that, and when someone develops that I'm sure it
will be evaluated and eventually used. Until then we have what we
have. Some people have tried to make things easier by writing
documentation or making tutorial videos to help people seeking to
achieve this task..

http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/2010/12/22/004-SigningCoC

> I had to create a pgp key that I will never use. I don't know how many PGP
> keys I have already generated that are floating somewhere out there on the
> net. Same thing with ssh keys: every time I need one, I just delete every
> existing key on my 'puter and recreate from scratch. Key revocation?
> That's beyond my intelligence.
>

Take some time to read up on GPG. It's not that hard to grasp. I too
was like you, I didn't "get it" and would just generate keys when I
needed them. However when I signed the CoC I decided to set aside a
few minutes of my life to actually learn this stuff. I generated a
key, signed the Code of Conduct and the key is still there. I still
use it because I'm involved in the project. I sign my Tomboy uploads
with it, and it's been used by other people to encrypt sensitive data
like passwords that they need to send me. Useful stuff if you're
involved in the project. If you're not, then no, it's not as much use.

Still, it was only a few minutes of my life to do.

Al.