Hi Chris, Our current strategy of using the dev list for discussions and creating design documents in confluence when deemed necessary achieves that quite nicely, the only potential point of failure for that process is a lack of participation and I don't see how assigning areas of responsibility would overcome that obstacle.
Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 16/02/2010, at 11:42 AM, Christopher Snow wrote: > Hi Scott, from my perspective it would be a starting point in turning a bunch > of independent committers into a well organised team. > > Scott Gray wrote: >> That's makes it sounds more like a help directory for who to call upon when >> a user has a question. What benefit would a community member derive from >> knowing that you know that a French week starts on a Monday? If they have a >> question they can just post it to the user list and get a response, does it >> make a difference if they start the message with "Hi Adrian,"? >> >> What additional rights or responsibilities would come with declaring >> yourself an expert/overseer for a given area of functionality? >> >> I'm not coming out against the idea, I just still don't understand what >> we'll actually achieve by doing so. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 16/02/2010, at 1:16 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: >> >> >>> Scott, >>> >>> I can answer to that. My employer is located in the southwestern corner of >>> the USA. We only do business in the southwest USA. >>> >>> As an OFBiz developer, I have taken on the cause for internationalization - >>> not because it benefits my employer, but because it benefits the project. >>> >>> I speak very little French, but I know that a calendar week in France >>> starts on Monday. How do I know that? Because it is something I chose to >>> learn. >>> >>> How will others in the community know that I know that? >>> >>> *shrug* >>> >>> Maybe a Wiki page will tell them. >>> >>> -Adrian >>> >>> --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Scott Gray <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >
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