#include <hallo.h> * Petter Reinholdtsen [Mon, Mar 13 2006, 11:00:47AM]:
> Ouch. If that is true, I hope ftpmasters will announce it to the > developers, as a blocked NEW hinders development of Debian and should > not we a surprise. An announcement would at least give us some idea > on when the NEW holding will end, and let us plan ahead. What do you think about semi-formal planing system with a web-based tracker? Imagine, a simple site where key developers can store notes in a well defined format - using a web interface, or via email. Offering RSS-feed, of course. A base format would even allow to crete business-like forkflow plans. Contents like: --- Actor: SRM Name: zobel (sorry zobel, it has too look authentic ;-) Context: Stable Upgrade Task: manual checks of update severities State: scheduled (2005-03-20..2005-03-31) ETA: 5 days Assistance required: none Dependends: access permissions (delegate:FTPMASTER), ready-for-update signal (delegate:FTPMASTER), sudo security upgrade CVE-... (maintainer:sudo) --- In theory, the task it depends one may even be automaticaly created and wait for beeing done/closed by other stakeholders. I would call this thing TTS (task tracking system) - and there may be already existing free software for this job which we can adapt, I have not searched yet. Oh, and yes, that is extra work I would expect from volunteers. But this simple things would improve many things people are complaining about - intransparency, missing roadmap, avoiding communication etc. And I would also explain every developer in a key position to use this system. There is IMO no justification for simple hiding - no matter how important your role may look. Eduard. -- Ambassador Londo Mollari: What do you want, you moon-faced assassin of joy? -- Quotes from Babylon 5 -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]