On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 04:21:51PM -0400, Jared K. Smith wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Jared K. Smith > <jsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 2) While discussing some of the shortcomings of using wiki categories > > to track progress on Spins, we also talked about the Features process > > and how it too might benefit from using a ticketing system to track > > progress of features. As I understand it, Robyn (as the Fedora > > Program Manager) already opens a FESCo ticket for each feature (so > > that it's on the FESCo agenda), but uses wiki categories to track the > > state (proposed, accepted, rejected, etc.) of each feature. Is there > > interest in moving the features process over to using tickets for > > keeping track of the feature state, and keeping the discussion about > > the feature in one easy-to-find location, rather than having it > > scattered across talk pages, wiki pages, and FESCo meeting minutes? > > It appears I've confused at least a few people with this idea, so let > me see if I can clarify a few points here: > > * I'm _not_ suggesting that we get rid of Feature pages on the wiki. > I'm only suggesting that we move away from use wiki categories for > tracking the state of the feature, and track them using a custom field > in a ticketing system such as Trac. > * As the Fedora Program Manager already creates a ticket in FESCo's > Trac instance, this seems like the ideal place to track the feature > state. [...snip...] Thanks Jared, I was one of the confused :-) and this clears it right up. While there is a stable and well-tested extension you can get for MediaWiki that does better notification for category changes (addition/deletion of pages in the category), but that doesn't solve problems such as people not knowing the right category names. Tracking status through a ticket system we're already using seems reasonable to me. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
