[rekonq] Comments on IRC Chat 2009-04-18

[DeKay]

OK.  After some discussions in IRC, I put a bunch of new issues into
the google bug tracker.  I know Andrea wanted to stick with sf, but
nobody else can stand it.  So in to google they went.

It seems that the project is going to need better communication
between the members if it is to keep making progress.  People seem to
be taking the project in different directions.  There has been the
removal of some functionality that seemed to have a good reason for
being there.  I hope we can find a way to communicate the various
ideas, show some flexibility, and agree on a common goal going
forward.

So here are a few of my thoughts to kick things off, in no particular order:
- don't put out a new release until the browser becomes more stable.
There are a lot of bugs, crashes, and even some dangerous behavior
right now (eg http://code.google.com/p/rekonq/issues/detail?id=25).
The last thing you want is to give people a bad impresssion early on,
because you'll lose many of those people forever.  I still think of
Nautilus as crap even though I haven't used it for many years  :-)
- improve communication.  This mailing list needs more activity.
- pick a new name.
- settle on a bug tracker
- (most importantly) come up with some kind of roadmap.  The TODO list
is relatively short term.  Stuff like this needs to be in there so we
can aim for longer term goals:
 * What needs refactoring and what doesn't?
 * Multiple window support.  Will it be added back or is it removed forever?
 * Plugin / extension system
 * Bookmarks

I'm sure there is more to add now, but I need some sleep...