RE: Component creation workflow

2012-02-29 Thread Michael A. Labriola
>I find that approach a little bit too gun-slinger in the wild-west. If this >was just an application, I wouldn't see as much of a point for component >specification. >However, this is an SDK. More developers are interested in >our component specifications than just those who want to check ou

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 2/28/2012 6:56 PM, Daniel Reicher wrote: I agree with Alex on this one. Now we may want to vet APIs before they get into the main SDK / release and that is what the voting process is for. But, I wouldn't force anyone into a pre-discussion before they start building anything

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Alex Harui
On 2/28/12 3:56 PM, "Daniel Reicher" wrote: > Who said anything about "force"? I don't think anyone should be forced to > do anything before coding and one path to inclusion should certainly be - > "let coders code" and the community can figure out what to do with it > later. That said, why pr

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Daniel Reicher
> > I agree with Alex on this one. Now we may want to vet APIs before they > get into the main SDK / release and that is what the voting process is for. > But, I wouldn't force anyone into a pre-discussion before they start > building anything. I want them to build it for what they need, donate

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 2/28/2012 5:07 PM, Alex Harui wrote: On 2/28/12 1:53 PM, "Ryan Frishberg" wrote: I find that approach a little bit too gun-slinger in the wild-west. If this was just an application, I wouldn't see as much of a point for component specification. However, this is an SDK. More developers ar

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Alex Harui
On 2/28/12 1:53 PM, "Ryan Frishberg" wrote: > I find that approach a little bit too gun-slinger in the wild-west. If > this was just an application, I wouldn't see as much of a point for > component specification. However, this is an SDK. More developers are > interested in our component sp

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Jonathan Campos
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Ryan Frishberg wrote: > We have strong backwards-compatibility > requirements, and having a wiki where the API proposal is clearly laid out > with possible issues makes sense to me. > Maybe not during initial development, but I do agree. A very good API specific

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Ryan Frishberg
I find that approach a little bit too gun-slinger in the wild-west. If this was just an application, I wouldn't see as much of a point for component specification. However, this is an SDK. More developers are interested in our component specifications than just those who want to check out the ap

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Michael A. Labriola wrote: > >Specs were useful as a mechanism to foster communication and coordination > between several separate teams of QA, Doc, and management, and/or between > several engineers working together in a coordinated fashion, but I >think > it will b

RE: Component creation workflow

2012-02-28 Thread Michael A. Labriola
>Specs were useful as a mechanism to foster communication and coordination >between several separate teams of QA, Doc, and management, and/or between >several engineers working together in a coordinated fashion, but I >think it >will be the exception that more than one engineer will be working l

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-27 Thread Alex Harui
On 2/27/12 5:27 PM, "Ryan Frishberg" wrote: > This is a good question. I think it makes sense to create a spot on the > wiki for specifications. Some of the stuff on there might not even be > component specifications per sey, but some topics like the Architecture > Review Board discussed. Y

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-27 Thread Ryan Frishberg
This is a good question. I think it makes sense to create a spot on the wiki for specifications. Some of the stuff on there might not even be component specifications per sey, but some topics like the Architecture Review Board discussed. You can see how it was done on the old page: http://openso

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-27 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 2/27/2012 5:24 PM, Daniel Reicher wrote: I've seen pockets of discussion regarding component creation but nothing formalized (it seems) and I think it might be useful to have some process in place - even a loose one. For the purpose of opening a discussion, I'll use a mythical ProgressBar comp

Re: Component creation workflow

2012-02-27 Thread Reynolds, Brian J (Brian)
+1 on this idea - I like the concept of having a place to talk about components and gauge interest. Brian On 2/27/12 3:24 PM, "Daniel Reicher" wrote: >I've seen pockets of discussion regarding component creation but nothing >formalized (it seems) and I think it might be useful to have som

Component creation workflow

2012-02-27 Thread Daniel Reicher
I've seen pockets of discussion regarding component creation but nothing formalized (it seems) and I think it might be useful to have some process in place - even a loose one. For the purpose of opening a discussion, I'll use a mythical ProgressBar component... Is there a place in the wiki current