[etoys-dev] jira re-arrangement

[kharness at illinois.edu]

Bert, 
Thanks, I'll do it today.
Kathleen

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:16:22 +0200
>From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>  
>Subject: Re: [etoys-dev] jira re-arrangement  
>To: <kharness at illinois.edu>
>Cc: etoys dev <etoys-dev at squeakland.org>
>
>Hi Kathleen,
>
>go to Squeakland, click download, click Etoys-latest-Beta-ToGo.zip.  
>This will work on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It's the best way to test  
>the latest changes, because it neither requires installation nor will  
>it overwrite your working installation.
>
>- Bert -
>
>On 04.09.2009, at 16:04, <kharness at illinois.edu> wrote:
>
>> Bert,
>> You said: "And since this affects the UI in a way, how do we get  
>> someone of the edu team to look at it? They rarely (if ever) comment  
>> on issues. It's also not part of the workflow you proposed."
>>
>> I agree. It is a very good idea to have people in the edu team see  
>> these issues sooner rather than later in the process. Many times I  
>> have felt like I wanted to know more about what I am reading in the  
>> lists and yet I do not have the technical knowledge to understand  
>> what is going on and I don't wish to slow down what is already a  
>> complex process by asking for explanations that may be painfully  
>> basic and obvious to developers.
>>
>> I would be very glad to try new changes and comment if someone will  
>> teach me how to join the stream of changes that may or may not be  
>> included in a release. I am teaching at an elementary school again  
>> this year and have a 100 students who will happily join me in  
>> experimenting with new ideas every week.
>> Regards,
>> Kathleen
>>
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:42:37 +0200
>>> From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
>>> Subject: Re: [etoys-dev] jira re-arrangement
>>> To: etoys dev <etoys-dev at squeakland.org>
>>>
>>> On 31.08.2009, at 15:46, Timothy Falconer wrote:
>>>> When you click "resolve", the word "complete" means, "my work is
>>>> complete".  With small groups, we simply re-open the issue when
>>>> someone's test doesn't pass.
>>>
>>> Tim,
>>>
>>> do we want to always resolve when there is a change set? See chat log
>>> below.
>>>
>>> [04.09.09 11:11:15] Bert: hi scott: when you attach a fix to jira,  
>>> our
>>> workflow now demands to resolve the ticket. all resolved but not-yet-
>>> closed tickets are the ones that need testing. This actually makes
>>> some sense ;) http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Process
>>> [04.09.09 11:12:19] Scott: yes, I know that, though I haven't been
>>> practicing it much ;-)
>>> [04.09.09 11:12:58] Bert: ah, okay. I thought you forgot, seeing the
>>> new attachments
>>> [04.09.09 11:16:08] Scott: not always clear what to do.  e.g.   
>>> SQ-267,
>>> i posted a fileout that carries out the suggestion of the ticket, but
>>> no one ever commented on the ticket, no one ever said yes we should  
>>> do
>>> this.  So I put the fileout onto the ticket but didn't want to
>>> "resolve" it without there being some agreement that it was something
>>> we wanted.
>>> [04.09.09 11:17:21] Bert: I understand, but that's only the next  
>>> step.
>>> Resolving means putting up for review now
>>> [04.09.09 11:17:53] Bert: and the milestone should be changed to the
>>> current one too if we want to deal with it soon.
>>> [04.09.09 11:19:15] Scott: So in the case of sq-267 you think I  
>>> should
>>> "resolve" it?
>>> [04.09.09 11:20:23] Bert: yes, and move to summer release, and assign
>>> to yourself, all in one go
>>> [04.09.09 11:20:57] Bert: that's all in the "resolve" page
>>> [04.09.09 11:24:36] Scott: In terms of the "proess" page, however,  
>>> I'd
>>> say that Sq-267 might count as still being in the Sifting phase,
>>> because people have not commented on it; it's a ui change that adds
>>> more items to the precious supplies-bin real-estate.   And if we do
>>> decide we want it, the choice of where the two new items should  
>>> appear
>>> in the supplies bin will have to be made (my fileout puts them at the
>>> end).  Is this all really stuff that should count as "resolved"?
>>> [04.09.09 11:27:38] Bert: it's resolved in a way. whether we like it
>>> or not is up for discussion. the discussion starts by marking it
>>> resolved, it's easier to discuss code. you should put exactly what  
>>> you
>>> just wrote into the resolve comment. it feels odd I agree, but we may
>>> just say yep, that's good enough, ship it.
>>> [04.09.09 11:28:07] Scott: okay -- thanks.
>>>
>>> And since this affects the UI in a way, how do we get someone of the
>>> edu team to look at it? They rarely (if ever) comment on issues. It's
>>> also not part of the workflow you proposed.
>>>
>>> - Bert -
>>>
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