On 18/04/2009, at 7:03 AM, Blake wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at sun.com> > wrote: > >> This sort of thing is pretty tricky to manage, because it >> invariably becomes >> a discussion of what personal features people want, rather than a >> wider >> picture discussion. The best way of getting status on these >> projects/goals >> is to follow the developer repository, pkg.opensolaris.org/dev as >> it gets >> refreshed every 2 weeks or so (and follow the mailing lists of the >> respective projects that are contributing to OpenSolaris). >> >> The most effective way right now (because there's probably no other >> way >> other than lobbying a few recognized OpenSolaris devs) to provide >> feedback >> is getting a well written bug report logged at >> http://defect.opensolaris.org. If it's a good idea, hopefully many >> people >> will see it, and someone motivated enough will pick it up and work >> on it. > > That's very true. I think some people fear the bug reporting system, > because it looks complicated at first. I'm interested in making sure > that those with good sense about user experience and other 'soft' > features of OpenSolaris are able to input their feedback easily.
Agreed - I'm especially interested to hear about user experience issues and help create a good out of the box experience for whatever technology we include (not just standalone but combined with other technology) > I suppose getting Sun's internal bug database out in the open is part > of this - right now, you submit at defect.opensolaris.org and then the > bug vanishes when it gets move inside the firewall. defect.opensolaris.org is actually a standalone bugzilla bug database that we've been using for some of the new projects in OpenSolaris (installer, package management, ...) and the data doesn't mirror to Sun's other database at bugs.opensolaris.org. There are plans in the works to come up with a plan around bug tracking generally. Others are in a much better position to talk about this though. > Maybe a way to get feedback would be to set up an online survey that's > more accessible to non-engineers, or those with little Bugzilla > experience? Yep, that would work. If you're keen to help out in this area, let me know! Glynn
