[Qgis-developer] Announcing planned changes on the developer list

[Nyall Dawson]

On 11 March 2016 at 21:52, Marco Hugentobler
<marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> wrote:
> On 11.03.2016 11:42, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Cool.  Yeah it's a tricky one.  I guess the QEPs help there for the massive
> stuff, but yeah even then it's tricky.
>
> Maybe we just tag mails with [FEATURE] like PRs then we can search then out?
>
>
> +1. There is a lot of traffic on the list, so a [FEATURE] - tag will
> certainly help.

Any objections to making this "[WIP]" instead? It's possible that work
includes refactoring or fixes which aren't new features.

I'll get this started by announcing all the stuff I've got in the
pipeline. Hope I'm not out of line by using WIP here :)

Nyall


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> Marco
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> - Nathan
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> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Neumann, Andreas <a.neumann at carto.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Nathan,
>>
>> There wasn't any list. The list was just a proposal.
>>
>> The list would have the advantage that one could have a good overview
>> without having to dig through the e-mail archive. Imagine you, as a
>> developer or a customer of a developer, are absent 2-3 weeks. In that case
>> you probably don't read all mails in the dev mailing list and such a list
>> would be convenient.
>>
>> But it was decided that a simple announcement on the mailinglist is good
>> enough (less bureaucracy). It is still recorded in the mailing-list archive.
>> If the subject of the mail would have a meaningful or maybe even
>> standardized title, it would be easy to find.
>>
>> Or maybe: if the subject of the mail is standardized, such a list could
>> even be generated automatically ;-)
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On 2016-03-11 11:26, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
>>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> Good to hear.  I wasn't even aware there was a list?  Was it published
>> some place?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nathan
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Marco Hugentobler
>> <marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> Der developers
>>>
>>> During the last PSC meeting
>>> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1arzcgoU0NErm8yiqDvCeasFUdr9zt-8JUx15f3ivTdw/edit?pref=2&pli=1),
>>> Andreas brought up the topic how to improve coordination between developers,
>>> avoiding two devs doing the same thing at the same time. After a short
>>> discussion, the PSC decided not to maintain a list with ongoing projects.
>>> Instead, developers should write a QEP for larger changes. For smaller
>>> changes, do as in the 'good old days': write a short mail to the developer
>>> mailing list to announce your plans.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Marco
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Marco Hugentobler
>>> Sourcepole -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
>>> Weberstrasse 5, CH-8004 Zürich, Switzerland
>>> marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch http://www.sourcepole.ch
>>> Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee
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