Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving Gentoo User Relations

[Grant Goodyear]

Christopher O'Neill wrote: [Fri Apr 07 2006, 03:51:58AM CDT]
> As a Gentoo user, one thing that I'd very much like to see is improved
> communication between the dev teams and the users.  At the moment it
> feels pretty much like I am in the dark as regarding to how we are
> progressing on certain things.  Let me pick some examples:

As was already mentioned, bugs.g.o is almost always the place to look.
I realize that it's counterintuitive, but we use bugs to track just
about everything.  Of course, finding stuff in bugs can be a real pain,
but it's still better than searching the mailing lists.

> Ideally, what I'd like is for the various dev teams to compile a
> weekly status report, which could then be compiled into the weekly
> newsletter (which currently seems to be lacking much useful
> information).

I think you (and many others, too) may have a somewhat incorrect
perception of how devs are spread across Gentoo.  The phrase "dev teams"
would seem to suggest that we have well-coordinated groups of people
targeting all of the various areas of Gentoo.  In some cases, of course,
that's quite true, but in some others the "dev team" is predominantly a
one-person show, and taking the time to write a weekly status report
would seriously impact how much developing actually got done.

On the other hand, this problem does have a solution--another level of
indirection.  Anybody who wishes, dev or user, could spend time 
tracking Gentoo development (through bugs and the mailing lists) and
submit status reports to the GWN.  Care to volunteer?  I'd be happy to
provide pointers on how to get started.

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