On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 22:00 -0400, Mike Kelly wrote: > > I don't *want* to drown projects in bureaucracy and paperwork. I want > > them to *accomplish* things, instead. > > Sending a brief "All's well with releng" email isn't exactly what I > would call "drowning in bureaucracy".
Of course not, but that's where it starts. Forcing projects to really do anything on a regular set schedule that isn't internally set is bureaucracy and pointless. I don't *want* to have to spend my time thinking about which projects I'm supposed to be sending status reports on that haven't done anything. I'd *much* rather spend my time actually *developing* on the projects that *are* currently moving. This is my *entire* point. Forcing a project to send in worthless little "we're still here" messages doesn't do anything. Of *course* they're still there. They have a project page. They have members. They're doing commits. Rather than wasting time trying to get everybody out giving each other warm fuzzies, I'd prefer we focus on the areas where we truly need to improve communications. A couple good examples of projects/teams that affect everyone are infrastructure and the trustees. These are two good places for status reports. Things like the games team are not. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation
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