-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/12/12 13:50, Frank Reininghaus wrote: > Hi, > > 2012/12/8 Dion Moult: >> Hello all, >> >> On occasion (less actively nowadays) I prune the KDE brainstorm >> section. For those who don't know, the KDE forums have a section >> called Brainstorm, where the users can submit ideas and vote on >> them. > > first of all, thanks for your work! I think that the brainstorm > section of the forums is a very useful tool for the discussion of > possible new features. > >> One of the things I rarely get to do is move submitted ideas into >> the "In progress" or "Done" sections. This makes me feel that >> developers simply aren't looking at the Brainstorm and >> essentially, users are ignored through this medium. >> >> As I care very much about the success of the brainstorm and that >> users actually see that they are being acted upon, and since I >> have been moderating the section for a long time (I've somewhat >> become a walking search tool for duplicate ideas!), I want to try >> and make it work better. >> >> Because I cannot force developers to try and integrate it into >> their workflow if they haven't already, here is my proposal: >> >> If you are the lead developer on a certain section of KDE, such >> as plasma, activites, kontact, etc, please send me an appropriate >> way to contact you. > > I think that unless any maintainer tells you something else, ideas > from KDE brainstorm that are discussed in the forum and considered > useful should be reported as wishlist items at bugs.kde.org. > >> Every so often, I will pick the users top choices that seem >> plausible and will bring them to _you_, and discuss how to evolve >> the idea into something that could be implemented. Then we can >> open up an enhancement bug report in BKO, and start getting some >> brainstorm ideas along the Submitted->In progress->Done chain. > > Of course it would be nice to see more ideas in the 'Done' > section. But please note that discussing ideas in the forum and > then reporting them at bugs.kde.org is by no means a guarantee that > the idea will really be implemented, even if everyone (including > the maintainer) agrees that the idea is good. Writing the code, > testing it and merging it into master usually takes a considerable > amount of time. If you only have a bit of spare time to work on > KDE, and your inbox is always packed with mails from bugs.kde.org, > then you cannot implement many ideas :-( > There is a perception that devs don't listen. This is not a complaint, on my part, but a statement of fact. I'm wondering if it is not impossible to set up a semi-automated service that would respond to such wishes, perhaps with the dev selecting from
a) sounds good, but frankly it's too complicated for the time available b) sounds good. I'll put it on my to-do list, but bug-fixing takes priority c) I will discuss this idea with my co-developers or some such choices. I'm sure someone would be able to knock together a boiler-plate for this. What do you think? The advantage would be that it tells people you listen and are aware of their wishes, but you also have time constraints. They will feel cared-for. Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDEsIMACgkQj93fyh4cnBco8gCeMDKYVyU/DlrTThC5TJaJw6YK s0sAn2wVmQYefRQZIEstZAkQmwVfy5Px =jb6K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
