[phobos] [dmd-internals] Planning software?

[Steve Schveighoffer]

https://trello.com/schveiguy



----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com>
> To: Discuss the phobos library for D <phobos at puremagic.com>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [phobos] [dmd-internals] Planning software?
> 
> On 1/17/12 11:34 AM, Brad Roberts wrote:
>>  IMHO, we've got plenty of tools in our mix we just don't use them 
> well.
>> 
>>  Bugzilla already has several dimensions of scheduling, including severity, 
> priority, and milestones.  Additionally, it's
>>  probably way overdue to apply more structure to the products/components.  I 
> know it's something Don has advocated before.
>> 
>>  Wiki is a good document collaboration tool.
>> 
>>  The DLang website is a good communication tool, as are the 
> newsgroups/mailing lists.
>> 
>>  Between bugzilla for fine grained categorization of 
> issues/enhancements/whatever and a page on the website to state high
>>  level goals, I'm not sure what else we really need.
>> 
>>  I absolutely agree that we need to have a better roadmap and to execute on 
> it, just not that another tool is needed or
>>  useful.
> 
> I understand your concern (expanded in your other messages). Let's, however, 
> not derail the discussion into a false choice. Yes, we do have tools we 
> don't use. That doesn't mean we should stop looking at _other_ tools 
> that may be more adequate tools for our needs.
> 
> So the proof that we don't use bugzilla votes or priorities does not prove 
> e.g. trello.com would not be useful.
> 
> I think we have two good proposals. One is trello.com, the other is github's 
> new tools. The github chain does not seem very mature, but integration and 
> potential are definitely important.
> 
> Could you guys make trello.com accounts so we find each other there? Let's 
> give it a whirl.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
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