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

[Marco Hugentobler]

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.

Marco

>
> - Nathan
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Neumann, Andreas <a.neumann at carto.net 
> <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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
>>         <mailto:marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> http://www.sourcepole.ch
>>         Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee
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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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