Re: [hackers] Goals

[Joshua Koenig]

I was actually thinking about this today. To what degree does it make 
sense for us to start setting people up with Drupal 4.2RC, let them 
start populating the userbase and using the stock tools, and then add 
our modules at they're ready?

This is really a question for neil and moshe and the others who have 
their heads under the hood, I think.

If our modifications are mostly modular, it makes sense to get people 
going and then feed them the good stuff as we have it ready. If our 
modifications require a total re-install (or even a significant 
upgrade) we should hold off.

???
-j
Hey guys, let me know if you want some sites to test on -- there are
dozens of sites out there that would be interested in knowing about
this, and I'd like to start giving some folks the headsup that you're
working on it, if nothing else (also I'm so damn thrilled about the
whole project its hard to keep in)-- let me know what you think, & when
I can leak it more publicly,
Z

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On Behalf Of Ka-Ping Yee
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [hackers] Goals
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most of you don't know me very well yet but I am all about action and
immediacy wherever possible. Goals are important to keep us on track,
and
since last week's goals were not met, I think some level of dialogue
is
needed. I propose the following timeline goals:

A week from now all modules will be written.
I understand the need for urgency, but i don't see how you can be
comfortable setting deadlines for everyone at this point.  That
might be an appropriate thing to try if you understood the degree
of complexity of each module and the status of progress on each
module -- but some of the modules haven't been specified, and some
haven't even been claimed by anyone yet, so there's no way anyone
could possibly know that.
I do think the enthusiasm is good.  Let's just try to avoid setting
wildly unrealistic goals.  (Why do i think this is unrealistic?
With respect to the media module, unless you are already way ahead
of me on the code -- if so, great, but we should communicate --
there's no way it will be done next week.  I'll continue the
discussion of complexity and unresolved issues regarding the media
module on the developers list.)
I agree with you that setting goals is good -- when we set them,
they have to be both realistic and specific.
-- ?!ng



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