On Tuesday 10 April 2007 23:26, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > On 4/10/2007 11:14 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > Although, I am really pleased at seeing lots of people using Bacula, and > > interest in improving it, we seem to be getting a lot of Feature Requests. > > In fact, given our currently very limited programming resources, I feel we > > have way too many feature requests. > > Unfortunately, I agree. I would prefer to find more developers :-) > > ... > > but in an effort to keep the projects list to a reasonable number, I propose > > the following new procedure for getting a feature request accepted into the > > projects file: > > > > 1. I think the feature request is really required or has some special merit. > > Not that I would want to limit your influence on the Bacula project - I > think that the achievements clearly show us what your work is worth - > but that sentence should be changed, I think: > > A capable developer thinks the feature is really required or has some > special merit and is dedicated to work on it. (This moves this phrease > close to item 3, which is ok, IMO.)
Yes, of course, you are right. I guess, for me this was so implicit that I forgot to mention it explicitly :-). In fact, this is how more and more features are being implemented -- a developer takes an interest in it and starts working on it and either produces a patch or has direct SVN write access ... > > > 2. There are at least six responses that vote for including the feature > > request. > > If noone objects, I'll present the existing feature requests to the list > to see if they get their votes. > > > 3. The feature request is accompanied by a patch (it is always better to check > > whether the feature is likely to be accepted before spending any great time on > > patches). > > > > The above is actually how it is documented on the web site, but maybe not very > > clearly). > > But most of the time it doesn't work... > > > If anyone has any problems with this new way of trying to deal with the large > > number of requests, please speak up now. > > No serious objections. In fact, after I counted the votes I thought we > had too many feature requests open, too. > > Arno > > -- > IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
