[IAEP] [Sugar-devel] community influence on development

[Martin Dengler]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 04:17:56PM -0300, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> On 28.07.2009, at 07:22, Martin Dengler wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 03:24:13PM +0545, Daniel Drake wrote:
> >
> >> However, I feel like it could be better if the community (who I
> >> might even stretch to call "customers") could have more influence.
> >> [...]  What are the options for the community having more of an
> >> influence here?
> >
> > Influence on whom?  Developers?  There are no SugarLabs employed
> > developers.
> 
> 
> But if we get feedback from the "front line", from teachers actually  
> using our software in the field, the volunteer developers I know  
> struggle to find a way to make it easier for them. Nothing beats  
> direct contact with children of course, but even meeting teachers from  
> the deployments and hearing first-hand accounts of the problems (and  
> successes!) is rather motivating. Reading these reports on a mailing  
> list is less emotionally moving but still a great hint at how to  
> prioritize one's spare time.

I don't disagree with anything you said, but I'm struggling to see how
it's relevant to the OP or my reply.  Perhaps by "the volunteer
developers I know struggle to find a way to make it easier for them"
you're implying that we need to make it easier for volunteer
developers to contribute?

> The problem is we get way too few feedback.

Indeed.

> - Bert -

Martin
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