On Dec 7, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Paul Libbrecht <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Le 7 déc. 2012 à 08:09, Vincent Massol a écrit :
> 
>>>> I have the feeling that we should intensify a bit the BFD and I think it 
>>>> would be good to be doing this once every 2 weeks so that we're in the 
>>>> green as a rule instead of the opposite being the norm…. WDYT?
>>> 
>>> I'd be a full +1 for this, except that I find that when something
>>> happens too often, people tend to lose interest and the participation
>>> will decrease. In the end, the marginal number of bugs will stay the
>>> same, it's just the frequency that will change.
>> 
>> Yes I know. We need to find the good frequency so that devs don't loose 
>> interest and participation is high enough. But ATM some devs could not 
>> participate because they had something planned for the BFD day #8 and if we 
>> have more maybe overall we'll have more participation?
>> 
>> I've racked my brain and I don't have a better idea for being in the green 
>> than BFDs at the moment…
>> 
>> Ideas welcome… Do others think that 2 a month is too much? IMO we could try 
>> and see how it goes for a few times and then decide.
> 
> I could never participate but I think once a month is far enough!

Far enough for what? Apparently it's not far enough since the bugs are 
winning...

> I think clarity and visibility is what's needed to attract more people.

The point is not so much to attract people than to federate all existing devs 
on that day to make some dent in the bug count together. Of course the more the 
merrier :)

> Having read with distraction the announces, I have not been able to grasp 
> what is the rythm pattern and always get caught as feeling impossible when I 
> see the announces (so maybe announcing earlier helps?).

Our BFD is at fixed date every month… It's the first Thursday of every month.

In this case it's been reminded several times too, as were all BFDs.

See 
Thanks
-Vincent

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