OK, seems this should be a separate application, not done in the TODO list, and I am not willing to take on that additional workload.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Berkus wrote: > Bruce, > > > What happens now is that someone says they want to work on X, and the > > community tells them that Y might be working on it, and Y gives us a > > status. > > > > What happens now is: > > A starts working on X. > 3 months pass > B comes to hackers, spends hours reading the archives, doesn't find X > (because they know it by a different name), comes to -hackers and asks > "Is anyone working on X?" > B waits for 2 weeks without an answer and repeats the question. > Hackers E, F and G reply "yes, someone is but I don't remember who, > search the archives for keyword X" > B searches again, finds original post. > B e-mails A and gets no response. > B finally offers to take over X > Hackers M, L, and N say "sure, but read the archives for spec info" > B reads more archives for several hours. > > There's a LOT of unnecessary overhead in that process: having a simple > web app that lists who claimed what todo and when, any status updates if > they've voluntarily provided them, and links to archive discussions, we > could reduce the above to a 3-step process making it vastly easier for > new hackers to get started. > > To be clear: I'm not trying to solve a problem for existing hackers, for > whom the existing system works fine. I'm trying to solve a problem for > two groups: new hackers, and users who want to check the plans for new > features without combing through the archives. > > I'll also point out that having an annotated TODO with regular updates > would lessen the pressure we get from some parties for a roadmap. > > --Josh -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings