On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Ned Konz wrote:

> On Friday 07 February 2003 08:15 pm, Doug Clapp wrote:
>> wonderful!
>>
>> But...how do we know that this will make it into
>> the next official release??  You're a "harvestor,"
>> yes, Ned?
>
> No, though I probably should be.
>
> Doug Way is guiding the Harvesting process; he can probably explain
> how this works better than me.
>
> Briefly, though, what happens is that this [ENH] appeared on the list,
> hence in the SqFixes page, and may attract the attention of the
> harvesters...

Ned has it roughly right.  There is a page which describes how the 
harvesters work:

http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/45

The harvesting process is going through a transition now, though, as 
the Guides take over certain responsibilities from Squeak Central, so 
that page is getting a little out of date.  As part of the transition, 
a new harvesting tool is being worked on, too.

>> along the same lines...wouldn't it be nice to have
>> a official bug database?  And someone in charge to
>> say "yes..that's a bug. it should be fixed."  And
>> assign it to be fixed?
>
> Yes, probably. I think Doug is thinking in this direction.

Yes, although there will be more of a "fix" database first, to keep 
track of fixes/enhancements and make sure they get funneled into the 
next release.  Bug tracking capability could be added on later.  Some 
ideas on the future harvesting tool/database are here:

http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/86

- Doug Way