[kde-guidelines] bugs.kde.org for guidelines

[zander at kde.org]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 06:46:08PM +0000, Frans Englich wrote:
> On Sunday 12 September 2004 18:16, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Sunday 12 September 2004 12:10, Frans Englich wrote:
> > > I would like to change the layout into a "KDE Guidelines" product, with
> > > the different guidelines as components.
> > >
> > > Objections?
> >
> > no specific objections other than to say i don't know if a bug database is
> > the most useful place to hold discussions regarding the guidelines. this
> > seems to be much more suited to email lists and actually adding to the
> > guidelines texts in CVS. if for some reason there is a need to have an
> > intermediary location for recording ideas/thoughts/rants i'd suggest a wiki
> > over the bug database.
> >
> > so far the "bug" entries consist of "things that should be covered". what
> > makes posting these discussions to the appropriate mailing list
> > unsatisfactory? if there are issues, then we should fix them =)
> 
> Right :) But what needs to be covered pours in constantly(kde-usability for 
> example) and in other areas too, but we don't have the resources to discuss, 
> write, and pull the changes at the pace the "bugs" gets reported. Many things 
> are so detailed they easily gets forgotten. I haven't planned to use the bug 
> DB as a forum, but as status tracking: details, links, pointers to threads, 
> etc. can be posted, and then the reports can one after one be brought to 
> discussion on this list. And it doesn't hurt emphasizing that: Discussing the 
> BRs as they drop in would lead to a not full-heartedly result, it should 
> instead be done when it's planned to make something concrete out of it(e.g. 
> writing).

The problem that issues flow into the lists to fast, I personally work around
by don't deleting the important emails and threads.   Keeping bookmark folders
to lists.kde.org also works quite nice IMO.

Status tracking of issues should go in the main document; or a TODO file in CVS,
IMO.  And if you really want to keep it visible to the world; what about a wiki?

-- 
Thomas Zander
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