[Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Today deadline for proposing features for 0.96

[Walter Bender]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de> wrote:
> El 21/11/11 13:29, Walter Bender escribió:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:45 AM, Simon Schampijer<simon at schampijer.de>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> just a quick reminder that today is the deadline for proposing Features
>>> for
>>> the 0.96 development cycle [1].
>>>
>>> The currently proposed and accepted Features can be seen here [2].
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>   Simon
>>>
>>> [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.96/Roadmap
>>> [2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.96/Feature_List
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>>
>> Simon,
>>
>> Maybe I have misunderstood the process or made a mistake along the
>> line, but I had many other features proposed for 0.96 than showed up
>> in your list [2 above].
>
> There is a difference between proposing a Feature (mainly creating the page)
> [1] and proposing it for the release cycle [2]. I did create my list from
> skimming through the mails that had the '[FEATURE]' tag in it.

Could we please make the latter requirement (posting email with a
[FEATURE] tag more prominent? I still cannot find it in the
documentation.

I'll post my proposals to the list. Thanks.

(Gonzalo: You have a few unacknowledged proposals as well.)

-walter
>
>>
>> [3]
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Activity_specific_metadata_in_Journal
>> [4]
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Journal_Volume_Toolbar_enhancement
>> [5] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Background_image_on_home_view
>> [6] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Multiple_home_views
>>
>> and dusted off from the past:
>>
>> [7] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Write_to_journal_anytime
>> (this is the only one that made your list)
>> [8] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Thumbs_View_in_Journal
>>
>> How do I get these proposals considered?
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>
> Wow, those are quite a few, the list will get long quickly. Of course I will
> not discourage someone from working on something and as long as a Feature
> follows the Policy [3] it is considered for the development cycle, but I am
> a bit skeptical if we can achieve all those features in the next cycle, for
> the following reasons:
>
> * besides writing the code a Feature might have impacts on the workflow and
> needs design discussions
>
> * the code has to be reviewed
>
> * we need to test it as well etc
>
> * we have the gtk3 work ahead of us
>
> So I would propose to talk a bit about what is doable in the development
> team meeting tomorrow. And if we find agreement that we maybe focus on some
> items. And yes, it is great to have a pool of items we can choose from,
> schedule wise we are still in that phase.
>
> Regards,
>   Simon
>
> [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Policy#Propose_a_feature
> [2]
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Policy#Propose_a_feature_for_addition_into_the_release_cycle
> [3] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Policy
>



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Walter Bender
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