13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
11:01 a.m.
I like Adrian's idea of formalizing the development communications process for Core. The 'Issues' mechanism is suited for small and focused changes, but not really appropriate for large scale changes that cut across many modules / projects and/or have significant API changes. Discussions on a mailing list or IRC are ephemeral and/or divergent - it's hard to go to a single source for history, status, and proposed changes. I think that the proposed DEP process (though it will involve more overhead) will make teams and projects visible and accountable, and enable ownership of projects. It may also help to define roles for participants who might be willing but feeling that they don't know where to jump in. Djun