On 17 May 2012 16:19, peter sikking <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > a couple of days ago Bruce appeared on irc and we had a chat. > (Bruce is now subscribed to this list) > > within a minute we were talking about whether GIMP has a list > of known UI design issues. as far as I know we do not have one, > it is certainly not part of gui.gimp.org. <snip> > - just thinking of what I can contribute to this list, I know > that this list is _not_ going to be short. also because all the > issues that I can put on it are ‘medium level to big-picture,’ > none of them are going to be trivial to solve. thus my hesitation > is what this is going to make GIMP look like, and if the definitions > of open worked where meant to stretch this far. > > - all of the issues that will end up on the list have been > created by contributors to GIMP. some of these issues have been > created 10 years ago, some of them last month. I wonder what it > will feel like to GIMP contributors when something they just made, > almost ‘immediately and automatically,’ (at least, feels like that > to them) ends up on the UI issue list. I support creating such a list. If we hope to solve these issues, and keeping the amount of similar issues we introduce down, they need to be visible for all to see. Being open is about transparency and accountability. And it is just as important, or more, that we act in such a way with respect to our problems. -- Jon Nordby - www.jonnor.com _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
