Toby Bartels wrote:
Under Phase II, we used [[Bug reports]] and [[Feature requests]]
not merely to list desired features and undesired bugs
but also to talk about them in a wiki way.
Under Phase III, we instead use SourceForge for this.
But SourceForge doesn't lend itself to discussion.
Because Lee is essentially the only programmer,
he will close an entry there if he doesn't want to do it.
Of course, we know that he's willing to be convinced,
but there's not much chance of that if there's no discussion.
There are alternatives.
[[Bug reports]] and [[Feature requests]] still exist,
but nobody has used them since the change,
and I doubt that very many people are watching them.
Much discussion of features has taken place on this list,
but that doesn't reach nearly as wide an audience as before.
Most people that submit an item to SourceForge
aren't going to think to take it up on the list.
In short, I think that we miss the discussion that we had in Phase II.
We need a place for people to submit items for Wikipedians' approval
other than SourceForge, but we need to use SourceForge too.
Ideas?
The problem with sourceforge is that it isn't very intuitive to use. I
found it almost impossible to work out how to submit a bug report - it
took me three goes to get it to register and I failed in attaching a
graphic.
Also, the replies to it go to the person who reported the bug, but they
don't appear on the site. What's needed is a bulletin board that threads
everything together so they can be easily seen... or otherwise a
dedicated mailing list. I'd suggest saving this for general discussion
and questions, and putting the bug reports onto a seperate list just for
themselves.
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