[mapguide-internals] Suggestion for improving the RFC process

[Paul Spencer]

+1 Paul

On 21-Jul-08, at 3:32 PM, Tom Fukushima wrote:

> +1 Tom. I'm in favor of this. Do we need to RFC this?  I hope not;  
> let's just update the RFC template.
>
> And as far as I can see it barely adds any overhead, and may make it  
> easier for even the developer to find the relevant ticket since they  
> could go through the RFC instead of having to go through trac.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:20 PM
> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-internals] Suggestion for improving the RFC  
> process
>
> I really like the current practice of referencing the ticket number  
> in a
> changeset, and backreferencing the changesets from the ticket.  With
> this in place, linking to the tickets from the RFC would allow
> interested parties to see exactly what changes were made to the code  
> as
> part of an RFC.  It would also, in some cases, allow seeing the  
> initial
> enhancement request that caused the RFC to be written.  As part of  
> this
> process, the enhancement request could be more easily closed when the
> ticket is marked as complete.
>
> I'd be in favour of adding this to the RFC documents in a "Related
> Tickets" section.  Would this create too much overhead for the RFC
> implementers?
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zac Spitzer
> Subject: [mapguide-internals] Suggestion for improving the RFC process
>
> I would like to suggest adding a extra step for the RFC process that
> involves adding any trac tickets
> relating to the the RFC to the RFC page
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