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

[Jeff McKenna]

I like the [WIP] announces as well, a great way for a power user to 
follow along development.  Well done.

-jeff



On 2016-03-14 10:09 PM, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> +1 to using WIP
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:56 am Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com
> <mailto:nyall.dawson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 11 March 2016 at 21:52, Marco Hugentobler
>     <marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch
>     <mailto: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
>
>
>      >
>      > 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
>     <mailto:marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> http://www.sourcepole.ch
>      > Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee
>      >
>      >


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