Fwd: Re: Developers and KDE Brainstorm

[Anne Wilson]

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Moult and I have been pushing for better use of Brainstorm wishes.  Is
it feasible to add some sort of flag in the way I suggested in this
thread?

Anne

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Subject: Re: Developers and KDE Brainstorm
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:26:18 +0100
From: Martin Graesslin <mgraesslin at kde.org>
Reply-To: kde-devel at kde.org
To: kde-devel at kde.org

On Tuesday 11 December 2012 11:05:40 Anne Wilson wrote:
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> On 11/12/12 07:28, Frank Reininghaus wrote:
>> Hi Anne,
>> 
>> 2012/12/10 Anne Wilson:
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>>> On 10/12/12 09:50, Frank Reininghaus wrote:
>>>>> There is a perception that devs don't listen.  This is not
>>>>> a
>>>>> 
>>>>>> complaint, on my part, but a statement of fact.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, I can't speak for all developers, but on my side,
>>>> there is a perception that some people believe "If I have a
>>>> good idea, it will either be implemented by the maintainer of
>>>> the application, or it will not be implemented at all, and
>>>> then the maintainer has to provide an explanation why he/she
>>>> won't implement it". This is confirmed by...
>>> 
>>> I agree - there is a lot of misunderstanding.  That's why I 
>>> think that if we can come up with a simple acknowledgement 
>>> (that's why I suggested something boilerplate) some of the 
>>> misunderstanding can be avoided.
>> 
>> Yes, I think that we all agree that the frustration that results 
>> from such misunderstandings should be avoided. However, I would 
>> say that the average wishlist report on bugs.kde.org can usually 
>> not be responded to with a standard reply. But this might of
>> course be different for ideas which have already been discussed
>> thoroughly at KDE Brainstorm.
> 
> One thing I have wondered about is whether it is worth adding some 
> flag to show which are brainstorm wishes, making it easier to
> assess whether they are in fact of a higher standard.
This sounds very good. For me it would be a help to see which wish
list items
come from brainstorm as I know that this is an evaluated and discussed
idea
and not a random thought. It's also easier than to point to a list of
valid
ideas when new developers join.

Cheers
Martin

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