I would like some advise about when a Specification Document should be written.
I have submitted quite a few enhancement requests for Writer most of which are at status=new, some of them have an assigned owner and some are still owner=requirements. I have 22 issues and enhancements submitted, and since the first, the historic 4292, in April 2002, one enhancement, I think, has been implemented. (my list of issues - http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&issue_type=FEATURE&issue_type=PATCH&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&email1=dnw&emailtype1=exact&emailreporter1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwords&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=substring&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&Submit+query=Submit+query ) It is clear that if it were decided to implement a enhancement/feature it would speed up the process if I had written a specification document before hand. But would writing the specification document increase the the chances of the enhancements being accepted ? If no one is interested in the enhancement then no one will read the specification document and it will be a wasted effort? At what point in the QA process should one feel sufficiently encouraged to start writing the specification document ? Except for the bibliographic enhancement, no has ever asked me for more information regarding an enhancement/feature I have submitted. Or would producing a specification document at the start have help to reduce years of bickering and lack of resolve around some rather simple issues like "Increase some field lengths in the bibliographic database" @ http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16268 regards David -- ------------------- David N. Wilson Co-Project Lead for the Bibliographic OpenOffice Project http://bibliographic.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
