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25 October 2008

Re: Interview with Dustin Kirkland on Encrypted Private Directories

Matthew,
    I can see how it could go that way.  But I can also see how Launchpad can act as a filter between editors and contributors.  One doesn't HAVE to accept contributors to the ranks of the team.  However, those that are or will be long time contributors might just as well be called editors.  And, as with any team, there can be leadership, and controls on those who have been welcomed to the ranks of editor.  I think, perhaps, at this time there's little evidence that it is being abused or needs to be changed.

Craig
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Matthew East wrote:
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Nick Ali <nali@ubuntu.com> wrote:   
Matthew East wrote:      
If the ubuntu-fridge team is for editors, then shouldn't the permission structure be that anyone can log in with their Launchpad id, and then the members ubuntu-fridge team can review and approve the story? If contributors have to join the ubuntu-fridge team, then that kind of misses the point in distinguishing between contributors and editors.       
The way Fridge <-> LP integration is set up right now, joining the ubuntu-fridge team makes you a contributor. The editor permissions are given on the Fridge backend.     
 Yes, I see that. I was just making the point that it doesn't make much sense... It shouldn't be necessary to join a team to be a contributor, and making it necessary also makes the team itself redundant, because there is now no team of editors.    

Re: Interview with Dustin Kirkland on Encrypted Private Directories

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Nick Ali <nali@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Matthew East wrote:
>
>> If the ubuntu-fridge team is for editors, then shouldn't the
>> permission structure be that anyone can log in with their Launchpad
>> id, and then the members ubuntu-fridge team can review and approve the
>> story? If contributors have to join the ubuntu-fridge team, then that
>> kind of misses the point in distinguishing between contributors and
>> editors.
>
> The way Fridge <-> LP integration is set up right now, joining the
> ubuntu-fridge team makes you a contributor. The editor permissions are
> given on the Fridge backend.

Yes, I see that. I was just making the point that it doesn't make much
sense... It shouldn't be necessary to join a team to be a contributor,
and making it necessary also makes the team itself redundant, because
there is now no team of editors.

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Re: Interview with Dustin Kirkland on Encrypted Private Directories

Matthew East wrote:

> If the ubuntu-fridge team is for editors, then shouldn't the
> permission structure be that anyone can log in with their Launchpad
> id, and then the members ubuntu-fridge team can review and approve the
> story? If contributors have to join the ubuntu-fridge team, then that
> kind of misses the point in distinguishing between contributors and
> editors.

The way Fridge <-> LP integration is set up right now, joining the
ubuntu-fridge team makes you a contributor. The editor permissions are
given on the Fridge backend.

nick

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Re: Interview with Dustin Kirkland on Encrypted Private Directories

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:52 AM, Nick Ali <nali@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> James, since you will be posting to the Fridge often, you are going to
> be the guinea pig for some Fridge changes. Go ahead and join
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-fridge. Once one of the administrators
> approves you, you will have the ability to log into the Fridge (there is
> a login button on the front page).

If the ubuntu-fridge team is for editors, then shouldn't the
permission structure be that anyone can log in with their Launchpad
id, and then the members ubuntu-fridge team can review and approve the
story? If contributors have to join the ubuntu-fridge team, then that
kind of misses the point in distinguishing between contributors and
editors.

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14 things to do if you are laid off from a tech job

I saw a great piece of advice in a recent story on  U.S. News & World Report  called "10 things to do the day after you're laid off": "Write a thank-you note to your former boss." I like that. It can't hurt, and if your boss hears of openings elsewhere, you're now that much more likely to get the referral.   Geeks and other tech employees are a little different from the vanilla workforce, though, so I wanted to put together a list of specific things that people in our part of the economy might want to consider if they're let go.
October 25, 2008
14 things to do if you are laid off from a tech job
I saw a great piece of advice in a recent story on U.S. News & World Report called "10 things to do the day after you're laid off": "Write a thank-you note to your former boss." I like that. It can't hurt, and if your boss hears of openings elsewhere, you're now that much more likely to get the referral.

Geeks and other tech employees are a little different from the vanilla workforce, though, so I wanted to put together a list of specific things that people in our part of the economy might want to consider if they're let go.
Here's the rundown...

 Sad: The layoff scorecard
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