Great thread. I've nothing specific to add except some comments from my experience as a manager.
1. You can expect your contribution (in hours / head space) to be roughly the same this year as last year unless you had Major Life Change. Don't expect New Year's miracles. 2. We need to focus on a very small number of things, as a team, and get them done. Then pick the next bunch. Don't let ourselves get distracted. I'm as guilty as the next person on this, but the point still stands. e.g.: - futon/fauxton made huge strides as it coalesced from 6+ individual hacks on it into a group of people pursuing a common goal. - docs streaked ahead when we had a few people focusing on it at the same time. - cors rocketed ahead with several people working on it together from different angles. It's also the first feature that had docs added when it landed. Above all, the first committed code was what drove the change & activity. 3. Nothing except security issues should prevent us from rolling releases. We are not good on this at the moment, as Dirkjan rightly pointed out. A small number of active features is also easier to get into the hands of our community, and less hassle than reviewing a mega release. So, we have a few things that I think we are collectively committed to already: - the merges of bigcouchy refugey otp goodness - fauxton super-powers - CI integration - the node/v8 exploration That's already a big ask. I'll do what I can to help anybody interested in tackling areas outside that of course, but I'd like to see consensus around our "big 3" targets. And I'd like to ensure my efforts are mostly aligned with those objectives. A+ Dave
