On 2/23/21 5:34 PM, Eike Hein wrote:
Hey,
This all sounds much too confrontational :-). Come on everyone, we can
do this much better.
Ben, I don't think Nate's request implies prioritization. For folks
outside a particular team it can be difficult to follow what the team
has on their plate at the moment; you probably also wouldn't know the
same about Nate's VDG/QA space.
Everyone knows that sysadmin is working hard all the time, but it has to
still be possible to do roadmap planning. In fact it's one of the best
ways to avoid getting overcommitted in the future. Declaring a goal
and/or agreeing to work on it in the abstract doesn't mean it has to be
done straight away or rushed, but it e.g. allows attracting contributors
to the goal to get the work done, as also seen in the thread already.
Yes, Ben has made me aware that I don't actually have a good sense of
what the sysadmin team is working on at any point in time. I'd love to
be able to see at a glance which tasks are queued up in front of the
things I'm eager to see done. Even something simple like a wiki page
would be nice. It could even list ways for interested and technically
competent people to help. That would be cool.
Nate
