Hi, On 4/10/2007 11:14 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Although, I am really pleased at seeing lots of people using Bacula, and > interest in improving it, we seem to be getting a lot of Feature Requests. > In fact, given our currently very limited programming resources, I feel we > have way too many feature requests.
Unfortunately, I agree. I would prefer to find more developers :-) ... > but in an effort to keep the projects list to a reasonable number, I propose > the following new procedure for getting a feature request accepted into the > projects file: > > 1. I think the feature request is really required or has some special merit. Not that I would want to limit your influence on the Bacula project - I think that the achievements clearly show us what your work is worth - but that sentence should be changed, I think: A capable developer thinks the feature is really required or has some special merit and is dedicated to work on it. (This moves this phrease close to item 3, which is ok, IMO.) > 2. There are at least six responses that vote for including the feature > request. If noone objects, I'll present the existing feature requests to the list to see if they get their votes. > 3. The feature request is accompanied by a patch (it is always better to > check > whether the feature is likely to be accepted before spending any great time > on > patches). > > The above is actually how it is documented on the web site, but maybe not > very > clearly). But most of the time it doesn't work... > If anyone has any problems with this new way of trying to deal with the large > number of requests, please speak up now. No serious objections. In fact, after I counted the votes I thought we had too many feature requests open, too. Arno -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
