The point is that documentation has been on the road map for 1.3.1 for
a while (and, in fact, was a major part of our graduation discussion a
couple of weeks ago). So, this is not a recent change, and any issues
regarding documentation should have been raised well before now.
On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Sandro Martini wrote:
Hi to all, continuing here the discussion ...
The issues you raised below are valid, but are not showstoppers,
especially for an incubating project. Getting a number of
successful releases out is essential for us to graduate.
This is a volunteer effort, and we simply don't have the resources
that a commercial project might to make sure that absolutely
everything is perfect for each release. Even in commercial software
development, products go out the door with known bugs and issues.
That's why we have a road map - so we > can keep track of our
priorities, and make sure that they are addressed at the right time.
I disagree on this, mainly for major releases, given the fact that
these are simple things to fix, and that we know already.
Shifting the release of some day shouldn't be a problem ...
1.3 is not the "right time" to get all of our documentation done.
We need to get a stable 1.3 release out so we can promote it and
raise additional awareness of the platform. Holding up the release
until all the documentation is ready will prevent us from doing
that, and will ultimately hinder our success.
I agree, but the good of Open Source isn't that we haven't here
commercial timelines to respect, so we can make products with high
quality ?
But maybe it's my mis-conception of Open Source ... or are we
returning to the concepts of last days, explained by Niclas ?
And form my point of view, a "good release" is the best of code, and
also the best in related material, also documentation.
And i repeat, in this case should be enough to put the same pages
already in the wiki, or are they older ?
So I would encourage you to reconsider your vote, taking this into
account.
Ok, for me it's not a problem, I don't want to have a negative effect
in the project ... I'm only trying (with my efforts, and from many
points of view) to improve the quality of this excellent project, and
this is the reason why i spend here most (and I'm thinking that could
be too much) of my (little) free time ...
What others say on this ?
Bye,
Sandro
