Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] definitions draft

[Paul de Vrieze]

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On Wednesday 29 October 2003 09:44, dams@×××.fr wrote:
> I agree with GLEP integration. What about :
>
>
>
> * Exploration phase  -  GOAL : describe and decide
> - throw a description here, verify validity
> - preliminary discussion here and/or irc
> - Optional : Prepare a prototype, testcase or a little code snippet to
> let everybody play.
>   *** we put it here, it should be done only if usefull, and should
> not take time. A lot of problems won't be compatible with prototypes
> *** - APPROVAL 1 : does it worth it to handle it (see below). The
> result should be written to the mailing list and on the xml project
> page if we decide to handle the case.
>
> * Planification phase [strict deadline]  -  GOAL : have a GLEP
> - add new tasks : at least some time to research further (with a
>   milestone), and some time to find a solution (with milestone).
> - one of the tak should be GLEP writing. Possibly one people should
> take care that the planification is conforming to GLEP standard
> - assign people to the task, set up deadlines
> - all this should be well written in the xml project pages, and should
> end with a new and shiny GLEP
> - APPROVAL 2 (see below)
>
> xml project pages precisions : their main goal is to organize the
> work, and archive what's been done. They should be the canva to the
> GLEP and development production.
>
> GLEP precision : should contain contain the key parts of the
> discussions of the discussion phase, problem identification (what is
> the problem), problem acceptation (is this really a problem), problem
> exploration (what are the causes and possible solutions to the
> problem) , proposed solution and the merrits of this particular
> solution. The latter of course from later discussions.
>
> Decisions
> ---------
> We'll try to work together in a friendly manner, so no use to be
> strict for every points. Nevertheless, rules are still usefull for
> extreme situations.
>
> APPROVAL 1 : at the end of the Revision phase, we should try to come
> to an agreement that we should handle the case.
>
> APPROVAL 2 : I think it'd good to warn people outside of
> -desktop-research at this point, like leaders and other devs. They
> should decide if they approve the GLEP. Maybe we should warn/inform
> them before the GLEP


I think this looks good. "Plannification phase" is not English, so might 
become "Planning phase". Further we might want to organize the 
implementation teams as subprojects. If so, this should be written down 
explicitly.

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
Gentoo Developer
Mail: pauldv@g.o
Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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