On Tuesday 26 May 2009 13:24:36 xor wrote: > I've spent some hours reading random very-old (years!) issues in the bug > tracker which are still open, and it seems that we have very very many issues > which are actually fixed but have not been closed.
Big deal. Yes we should mark fixed bugs as fixed. > > I consider it as crucial for efficient software development to have a CLEAR > *per-next-version* overview of what IS done already and what HAS TO BE DONE. I don't. We do need to know what needs to be done for the immediate next version, but we only need to have a vague idea of what is necessary for the following version. Freenet is not a word processor. You cannot come up with a definitive design with milestones on day 0 and stick to it for the next 15 years. It is half way between a production system and a research project, it is driven by what users want, the behaviour of the network in practice, the behaviour of attackers in practice, and so on - for example the work today on auto-updating. > Not only that it makes you not forget anything, having an overview also takes > of much mental pressure of your shoulders, because then you avoid the feeling > of having a "mountain of work which does never decrease in size" in front of > you. > > Therefore, Toad and maybe others, could you maybe start to review some of the > non-closed issues *EVERY DAY*, starting with the oldest, and spending enough > time for closing let's say 5 or 10 issues every day. That'll probably take 20 > minutes or so, and slow but steady progress will help us cleaning up the bug > tracker completely. It's a nice procedure for doing during the morning coffee > and I'd be glad if it became mandatory. > > Further, I would be glad if we could consider it as mandatory to specify a > target-version for each issue, which will help us having a roadmap (using the > roadmap feature of mantis!) for the next release and the releases after that. How many users encountering a bug have any idea what the target version for that bug should be? > > I can of course continue closing 5-10 issues per day myself, however I can > only do that with issues which are very easy to understand, I have no clue of > the fred-core so toad will need to manage those issues. > > Greetings, xor
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