On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Treggiari, Leo <leo.treggi...@intel.com> wrote:
> > - enable users to easily obtain the latest-and-greatest > > - clearly communicate to users what they have, so they can easily > > understand how what they currently have differs from the > latest-and-greatest > > I think there is another user goal, which may not be so easy to achieve. > That is, the ability to easily understand how to take the Cordova release > that I have, and do a selective update to get fixes that I need. I.e. I > don't want the "latest and greatest", I want the minimal change that fixes > the problems I have to fix. > Does that have to be a goal? I don't think its a goal for us developers, but I understand that it has been a goal for end users (resistance to change, averse to risk, been bitten with bad upgrades in the past..) but I believe the way to strive to solve that is to simplify upgrades, not make it easier to ignore them. > > Leo > > -----Original Message----- > From: mmo...@google.com [mailto:mmo...@google.com] On Behalf Of Michal > Mocny > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 11:14 AM > To: Marcel Kinard > Cc: dev > Subject: Re: Independent platform release summary > > Marcel, I added the goal for "latest-and-greatest" which is a good idea. I > think your other goals are already covered with what's there. Again, I > wanted to be brief. "Do not confuse developers" goal hopefully covers your > points about communication and information (and going into detail is > imposing specific strategies to reach that goal). > > -Michal > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Marcel Kinard <cmarc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, creating a doc is a great next step to solving this. Thanks for > doing > > that. > > > > Now that there is a doc to read, I think the goals are wrong. I suggest > > the following: > > > > - enable releases to happen at a faster pace and lower cost > > - enable users to easily obtain the latest-and-greatest > > - clearly communicate to users what they have, so they can easily > > understand how what they currently have differs from the > latest-and-greatest > > - (keep the hypotheticals as-is, since they make helpful specific > stories) > > > > If folks agree, I can make that change in the doc. > > > > If we don't start with the right goals, then the rest of the conversation > > is moot. > > > > On Oct 7, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > > Created a doc to summarize. Trying to keep it concise and free of > > > opinions/conclusions, only context & goals. > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VqAVo2AA5vZ7LRmq_9jJ6oa7Nyr2OrjLCfEkBhO-X8U/edit?usp=sharing > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > >
