[mapguide-psc] RFC process...

[Paul Spencer]

Jason,

 From mapserver experience, I know that there are some developers  
(who are committers even) who prefer not to go through the  
bureaucratic nausea of the RFC process to implement something.

I won't argue further against this point, but I really feel that it  
is both unnecessary and unnecessarily daunting.

I'm -0 on this :)

Paul

On 28-Oct-06, at 7:02 PM, Jason Birch wrote:

> Discussion, not conflict :)
>
> I actually believe that the template and official process will be  
> applicable regardless.   What I would like to do would be to prefix  
> the official RFC process document with something like this:
>
> "
> There is nothing stopping you from developing a solution to your  
> problem independantly and presenting it as a version 1.0 RFC.   
> However, this approach has several pitfalls.  First, you risk  
> duplication of effort.  If you are seeing a limitation in the  
> current code, it's likely that others have too and may be  
> developing a solution independantly.  Second, you risk having to  
> expend considerable effort refactoring your code if it meets with  
> valid objections during the RFC process.  Third, even if your  
> solution is accepted (we DO like features) you risk having to  
> expend more effort in the future fixing your code to solve an  
> unseen problem that the community could have caught in an open  
> development process.
>
> The preferred way of creating an RFC is to write up a loose  
> business case and proposed solution on the wiki and then ask for  
> informal input on the dev list/channel before formally presenting  
> it to the PSC for review.  This will ensure that your solution is  
> the best possible fit for the project's direction, ease your RFC's  
> way through the process, and increase the overall value of the  
> project.
> "
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jason
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Robert Bray
> Sent: Sat 2006-10-28 11:25 AM
> To: psc at mapguide.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-psc] RFC process...
>
>
> Jason,
>
> I updated the PSC page and also granted you the Documentation  
> Developer role so you can make changes to the website. As for our  
> little conflict, do you think you could maybe outline the process  
> you feel we should use so we can understand it better? Maybe that  
> will allow us to come up with a happy little compromise in the middle.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> <winmail.dat>

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