AW: [Squeakfoundation]Brainstormin'

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Quoting Cees de Groot <cg@home.cdegroot.com>:

>  <Sander.Tichelaar@daedalos.com> said:
> >Ideally (IMO) there should be a Bugzilla- or SourceForge-like 
> >bugtracking/enhancement request tracker, rather than a Wiki that gets
> outdated 
> >rather quickly.
> >
> Not my experience. I've tried to use bugtrackers at some points, but
> they
> invariably filled up with duplicate entries for unimportant things. I
> think
> for starters, a Wiki project page setup, with:
> - About the project
> - Status, downloads
> - Bugs/enhancement requests (probably a separate page with the 'add box'
> at
>   the bottom)
> with the project team actively cleaning the last page is enough.

And that is what is often not happening. I agree with you, as long as this 
actively cleaning takes place ;)

Greetings,

Sander


> The only
> thing you need to make sure is to clearly define and limit the scope of
> the
> project, and make it a minimal scope. A single Wiki page is much harder
> to
> turn into a dustbin than a Bugzilla database, IMHO. 
> 
> The important thing is 'metadiscussion', I think. I once took away MS
> Project, Bugzilla, and some assorted tools from a team  and gave them
> a Wiki in return.  The reason they were happy campers after a while is
> that we took some trouble to discuss how to best use the Wiki for
> keeping
> track of issues, discussing new designs, etcetera. Since then, whenever
> I have a chance to excercise my sadistic dark side as a Project Manager
> ;-}, when I open my toolbox the team will only find a mailing list and
> a Wiki in there and I won't consider anything else for at least 6
> months. It
> takes a bit of work, but it works. 
> 
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