Hey Ninjas, I've been thinking about the various spur-of-the-moment changes I've made to things over the past couple of months, such as modifying the definition of a paper cut and changing the milestones. These kind of changes don't do anyone any good, so I was thinking that not only will I make sure I stop doing this, but it might be worth us laying down a few rules on how changes like that should be made.
There are a few important things that this project needs to run smoothly - A concise definition of a paper cut - Well defined milestones - There's probably more that aren't coming to mind right now It's important for the smooth running of the project that these don't change without a full discussion. Effectively, I'm thinking that if we pull together a number of documents on the wiki, we could put together our own constitution that states how the project should be run. Things may be going OK just now, but if the project is going to last into the future, it needs a solid set of rules the futures members and leader will follow. There are many other projects in Ubuntu, almost none of whome would have anything like this, but most of the other teams are either Canonical engineering teams or community teams with a narrow focus for their work. We, on the other hand, have a focus that is limited only by what we decide it is, and without some rules or guidelines for us to follow, that kind of flexibility can make the project very unwieldy and could lead to it coming off the rails again. It's also important for new contributors to see that the 'old guard' aren't going to form their own little clique and just make things up as they go along while marginalising anyone they think is on their lawn. This is one of several threads I've started here on this and related matters, and I before you respond to any of them (sorry for starting so many by the way) please ensure you've read all of them so you're up to date. Whatever we come up with, I'm not proposing we merge everything into one large mega-document like the original OneHundredPaperCuts wiki page was like, but we at least specify what is important and the procedure required to change it. What do people think? Am I talking out my area here or am I onto something? Thanks, Chris
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