[Sugar-devel] [Marketing] [SoaS] The next Step: v2 Roadmap

[Sebastian Dziallas]

Greg Smith wrote:
> Hi Tomeu,
>
> Looks great! You guys are really cranking.
>
> Three questions:
> 1 - Where do I see all the Features that have been proposed,
> regardless of target release?

Speaking for SoaS? Heh. ;)

I tried to list some under "Preliminary Features (v2)" on the Roadmap 
page. Then there's the Goals page with the thoughts from Caroline.

And finally, this is where the proposals should go (thanks to Fred for 
setting it up): http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Proposals

> 2 - Can/should we add a section/tag to tie features back to real
> deployments? I'd like to see exactly which user or school needs each
> item and keep tabs on where and when they will use it.

That's probably the direction Caroline started with the GPA pages...

+1 for the section / tag idea :)

> 3 - Should I create Feature Template pages for the Priority A items
> from Caroline's list? They are a little high level and some may be bug
> fixi work instead of new features. I'm open to any suggestions on how
> to start tracking these items:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Goals in way that's
> useful for you.

That would be awesome! Would be really helpful to get an idea of what is 
needed and what still needs to be done to get there.

> If you are open to some churn as I get my style back in synch w/Simon,
> I'll start filling out Feature Templates ASAP.

:)

--Sebastian

BTW: Good to have you here...

> Thanks,
>
> Greg S
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Tomeu Vizoso<tomeu at sugarlabs.org>  wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 16:01, Greg Smith<gregsmithpm at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Hi Sebastian, Fred, and Caroline,
>>>
>>> This looks like a very useful thread on the Sugar Roadmap and I like the
>>> focus on "Customer" requirements.
>>>
>>> How do we get the GPA Sugar goals Caroline enunciated on to the main
>>> Roadmap?
>>>
>>> I added a link on the GPA page to the Fred's Sugar on a Stick Goals page.
>>> Hopefully we can find a place to collect a "Backlog", as they say in Agile.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Sugar_Feature_Requests
>>>
>>> It would be great to flesh out each GPA item with use cases and work flows,
>>> then software design proposals and eventually links to source code. The
>>> features should also be parsed down to smaller tasks ala Agile.
>>>
>>> FYI, Last year, S Page built and I populated a Semantic Wiki Roadmap
>>> Collection and Prioritization tool for the XO.  See:
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if the Semantic Wiki format can be moved to the Sugar wiki or
>>> if there is interest in tracking the Sugar roadmap that carefully. The
>>> Semantic format was a huge time saver once it was implemented.
>>>
>>> IMHO its critical to minimize the coordination overhead and maximize the
>>> coding time. That said, discussion of what is important and why goes a long
>>> way to making better releases.
>>>
>>> I'll try to chip in by picking up items Caroline marks Priority A, adding
>>> details to them, tracking them on the roadmap and looking for programmers to
>>> come up with options for implementation.
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> Simon is working on adapting Fedora's feature process to Sugar, what
>> do you think of it?
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Policy
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Greg S