Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop-research

From: "Gerald J. Normandin Jr." <gerrynjr@g.o>
To: gentoo-desktop-research@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] definitions draft
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 22:42:03
Message-Id: 1067986115.23555.2.camel@screamer.nfn.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] definitions draft by dams@idm.fr
1 Looks good to me, but grammatically, it could use some fixing up.
2 I've made my changes below:
3
4 On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 14:52, dams@×××.fr wrote:
5 > ok, what about this :
6 >
7 >
8 > * Exploration phase - GOAL : describe and decide
9 > - throw a description here, verify validity
10 > - preliminary discussion here and/or irc
11 > - Optional : Prepare a prototype, testcase or a little code snippet
12 > to let everybody play.
13 > - talk with the devs that are the most concerned with the issue, get additional
14 > information, ask if there is a good reason not to handle it, inform them that plan to
15 > address a GLEP
16 > - APPROVAL 1 : Is it worth pursuing this proposal? The result
17 > should be written to the mailing list and on the xml project page if
18 > we decide to handle the case.
19 >
20 > * Draft phase [strict deadline] - GOAL : have a GLEP draft
21 > - add new tasks : at least some time to research further (with a
22 > milestone), and some time to find a solution (with milestone).
23 > - one of the task should be GLEP writing. Possibly one people should
24 > take care that the draft is conforming to GLEP standard
25 > - assign people to the task, set up deadlines. People assigned should include
26 > as most as possible external devs that are concerned by the issue, so that the
27 > GLEP get discussed.
28 > - all this should be well written in the xml project pages, and
29 > should end with a new and shiny GLEP draft
30 > - APPROVAL 2 : do we all (at desktop-research + involved devs) agree on the
31 > draft?
32 >
33 > * GLEP submission
34 > - we submit the GLEP to the responsible entity, so that they approve it, or not
35 >
36 >
37 > xml project pages precisions : their main goal is to organize the
38 > work, and archive what's been done. They should be the canva to the
39 > GLEP and development production.
40 >
41 > GLEP precision : should contain contain the key parts of the
42 > discussions from the discussion phase, problem identification (what is
43 > the problem), problem acceptation (is this really a problem),
44 > problem exploration (what are the causes and possible solutions to
45 > the problem) , proposed solution and the merits of this particular
46 > solution. The latter of course from later discussions.
47 >
48 > Decisions
49 > ---------
50 > We'll try to work together in a friendly manner, so no use to be
51 > strict for every points. Nevertheless, rules are still usefull for
52 > extreme situations.
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