On 10/14/05, Ross Gardler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David is just finalising the discussion about when our Forrest Friday > will occur. So I thought I'd start a discussion on what the objective > should be. We left it far too late last time. > > First a few observations about past events: > > - we have not had enough agreement on how things are to be done > - there is too much discussion that is better suited to the mailing list > - as a result there is not enough actually being done. > > Don't get me wrong, discussion is good, but we can do that on the mail > lists. > > David, Paul and I had a discussion (oh dear) on IRC about how to better > utilise the Forrest Fridays (nee Tuesdays) - see the logs around Oct 05 > 09:05:13 > (http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/forrest/events/forrest-tuesdays/20051004-log.txt) > > Basically the summary is: > > - have a clearly defined goal > - create an issue in Jira > - break down the goal into a number of subtasks ahead of the day > > Then when someone arrives to do some work they: > > - check the issue for a task to do > - assign task to self > - get on with it (using IRC to ask for help if necessary) > > When someone can no longer be active they: > > - update the task with details of what they have done (remember adding > the issue number to the commit message will provide a reasonable level > of auto documenting wiuthin Jira) > - unassign the task > > ---- > > I hope this makes sense to everyone, if it does I would like to suggest > that our focus for the next Forrest Friday should be: > > 1) complete the locationmap move (FOR-200) > 2) categorise all issues that need to be done for a 0.8 release (i.e. > move all non 0.8 issues to "no version" in the fix attribute) > 3) work on the issues for 0.8 release > > I pick these because there is a clear goal to move functionality forward > for those wishing to get on with dev work (1). There is something to do > for those just dropping in for 10 minutes (2) and there is a "catch all" > if user (potential dev) has an itch but needs help to scratch (3) > > If we follow this kind of model each time (i.e. views, new config > system, XHTML2) we should be able o use the FF's to make real progress > each month. > > > WDYT?
+1, It seems we've learned some good lessons from the first two. This is a good process, it should significantly reduce "ramp-up" time for folks joining in too. --tim --tim
