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What process does blueprints go through to get implemented?

Asked by W. Prins

Can anyone just pick any active Blueprint and work on it and expect it to (eventually) be included in Ubuntu (providing it's tested and accepted of course)? Or should you first seek some sort of approval/discussion and/or should the blueprint status move to some specific status before proceeding? If I start working on a blueprint, what must I change in the blueprint to ensure others are aware of this fact?

As an aside, what do you do if you find 2 blueprints that address the same concern? There's no "Mark as duplicate" feature that I can see, only a "Link to bugreport" which sounds like something else.

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Best Michael Nelson (michael.nelson) said : 		#1

Hi ByteJuggler,

Yes, anyone can create a new blueprint for the Ubuntu distro, but if you create your own project, you can choose who can create blueprints for it. Just in case you've not already seen it, there's an overview of blueprints at:

https://help.launchpad.net/Blueprint

If you were planning to work on a blueprint that someone else has drafted (and that is possibly assigned to someone else to work on), then you would definitely want to discuss this with them first. You generally won't be able to change the status/assignee of a blueprint unless you are a driver for that blueprint (as far as I know).

If you have an idea for a new feature, rather than creating a blueprint straight away, I'd suggest registering the idea at:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

This will enable you to get feedback, find out if it's a duplicate of another idea or a blueprint etc.
Hope that helps.

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W. Prins (wprins) said : 		#2

Thanks, I had somehow missed that link and thanks for the clarification.

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W. Prins (wprins) said : 		#3

Thanks Michael Nelson, that solved my question.