Bruce Snyder wrote: > On 6/8/06, Aaron Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think it will help to have the schedule of the release. No one can >> claim IBM has a secret agenda if the time line is laid out there. And >> it's easy to wink if no one has any idea what the deadlines we're >> working toward are. > > I agree with Aaron here - publicity of not only the timeline (i.e., a > calendar of release schedules maybe) but also the Road Map may help on > all fronts. IMO we should consider publishing and continually > revisiting both of these items. I know that this won't be a popular > suggestion on the committer side of things because we are a volunteer > organization, but it would most certainly help our user community > immensely.
I have to disagree here. Although I absolutely agree a roadmap is helpful and trackable, the timeline and release issues that Matt has talked about is clearly an issue. On these lists, Matt has made things extremely clear regarding when our releases should be, along with group consensus, and thing have been "quietly" injected into Geronimo. I share Matt's feelings and frustrations. Minimally, if we cannot hold to a simple date based on agreement on these lists, a roadmap, although helpful, will surely not be a panacea. It is also my hope that there are not private emails going around talking about "secret" agendas. This would dismay me as I fully expect that we are all adult enough to share our feelings with each other in these lists. If an email like this is being passed around, then we clearly need to be working on our communication skills and have a long way to go on learning to work with each other as a team. I think communication is the primary thing we need to deal with. Jeff > > A wiki page of the Road Map along with a rough timeline would be a > good start. I also think that tying the Road Map to a timeline will > cause people to more closely examine the time a particular feature > might require. But like the Linux kernel release schedule, determining > any kind of regular release schedule may prove to be quite difficult. > But IMO it can't hurt to have goals. > > Just my $0.02. > > Bruce
