Hi Dave, > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Neary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ext Dave Neary
> I hope this doesn't get taken too badly... no worries... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The Modest development team is very busy with feature > > development > > and bug fixes, and admittedly, after that there's not soooo > much time > > left > > for interacting with the community. That's a sad fact. > > The problem I have seen in the past is that when developers > and project > managers think of "interacting with the community" as a separate task, > it doesn't get done. > > Open development is interacting with the community already, surely? > > If developers of a free software program are using a public > mailing list > to discuss features, a public bugzilla to handle bug reports, and > perhaps an IRC channel or Jabber chat room for real-time interaction, > then interacting with the commuinity is not a task to do, it is a side > effect of product development. > > Would it be possible for the Modest team to exclusively use > the external > bugzilla, given that it's a free software project? It would be very nice from the community perspective, very much so, and of course it would make open development much easier as well. But, internally, the development process is highly regulated, and tools like bugzilla play different roles than they do outside -- trust me on that one. Modest has to satisfy both of its natures, with the internal one getting the most emphasis, for very pedestrian reasons... So, while I agree that it would be nice to have one open bugzilla, I do not see that happening anytime soon. Best wishes, Dirk. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
