gunnar wrote:
In my opinion Drupal always has a roadmap, but not always very precisely communicated. I'd like to suggest something a little less formal. A section in the newsletter, call it say 'grape vine', 'overheard', 'Crystal ball'[1] or whatever that looks at what *might* be coming - the point is it
Good suggestion. Let's not pretend we have a real roadmap. I like the concept of a personal battleplan for each developer - like Dries is pushing. Maybe one of us could maintain a page/group summarizing some of this? (Pointing at myself??)
And really, anybody that has a serious interest in where Drupal is going should be getting involved with the community, and that means hanging out on irc, subscribing to mailing lists, reading the newsletter and listening to the podcasts.
You're so right. It should be mandatory, but the thing is - Drupal is now so HUGE, that I could spend 3-4 hours a day just to keep updated with all that happens. If everybody mailed me with their battle plans (or we made a group) - I could summarize - a "crystal ball" post once every month or so?? It would be my personal prediction, and NOT an official document. It would anger some people who would tend to think I was too pessimistic (which I'm not - I predicted a 4.7 launch date for late march to late april - back in november. But that was in private - and not in public) - I'm just old. ;-) Gunnar Langemark gunnar@langemark.com