Scott, Thanks for having me remember that I exchanged thoughts on this and similar subjects regarding reporting on project health with Shane (Curcuru - ASF Brand Management), Daniel Gruno (infra) and Noah Slater (CouchDb).
I will write an email today to those parties and cc this and the community development mailing list to discuss what the possibilities are. Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Scott Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Pierre this sounds like a wonderful idea but I don't think it's anything > that requires the PMC. I'm sure you could do a wonderful job and the > community would value your contribution. It's always important to remember > that everyone is capable of contributing and as a community we should all > feel free to lead the charge in any changes we'd like to see. It also > important in an open source community where all time is donated that we > don't try and unnecessarily burden others with requests that we could > easily perform ourselves. > > Many thanks > Scott > > On 3/10/2014, at 10:12 pm, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Having an opinion is good. But making strategic decisions, that affect > all > > readers of all the mailing lists, based on the gut feeling of one or a > few > > is hardly consensus building. > > > > Measuring the interest of the community in general and regarding OFBiz > > applications is a good thing. Reporting on these interests is even > better... > > > > Is the PMC capable and willing to report regularly (monthly/quarterly), > > let's say a top 10 of trending themes from the mailing lists (per mailing > > list)? > > This will surely help in gaining consensus about the liveliness of > > components. > > > > Regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > > Based Manufacturing, Professional > > Services and Retail & Trade > > http://www.orrtiz.com > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Scott Gray <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> .... > >> > >> We have mailing lists and jira to gauge interest in a specific > component. > >> Code contributions in particular are very useful in determining > interest, > >> unless you're suggesting that the component is perfect and no further > work > >> is required. Everything in OFBiz has room for improvement and a lack of > >> contributions is very much an indicator of a lack of interest in my > opinion > >> and experience with this project. > >> > >> ... > >> > >> Regards > >> Scott > >> > >> > >
