Re: Contributing Back

[Joe McManus <joe.mcmanus () canonical com>]

Hey Alexander-

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:45 AM Solar Designer <solar () openwall com> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:00:36PM -0600, Joe McManus wrote:
> > Hey All - The Ubuntu Security Team would like to sign up for items 3,4
> > & 5 from the technical list <
> > https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros#contributing-back
> > > :
> >
> > 3 - Review and/or test the proposed patches and point out potential issues
> >   with them [...]
> > 4 - Check if related issues exist in the same piece of software [...]
> > 5 - Check if related issues exist in implementations of similar
> >   functionality in other software [...]
> >
> > Please let me know how we get started helping out.
>
> This will be much appreciated, thanks!
>
> Will this be taken care of by Ubuntu Security Team members who are
> already on linux-distros (highly preferable) or will we need to
> subscribe more people just for these roles (would be non-ideal)?
>
> For 3, do you prefer to be "primary" or "backup"?  (We already have
> Amazon listed as "primary", but as discussed Amazon is yet to become
> more active in this role.)
>
> Will you personally be involved?  What's your role with the Ubuntu
> Security Team?
>
> I notice you don't appear to be on oss-security, so am copying this
> reply to you and to the list.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Alexander

Yes, this will be taken care of by Ubuntu Security Team members who
are already on the list, however if after some time we need to cycle
someone in or out I might come asking. I know you don't want to add
anyone so we will do our best to prevent this from happening.

For 3 we can be either primary or backup, just let me know your
preference and we'll do the work.

I will not personally be involved, I am the director of the Ubuntu
Security Team and as much as I would like to... I probably wouldn't
have time and I did not want to add another person to the list.  I am
subscribed to oss-security now.

Cheers,
-Joe