On 09/09/2019 12:02, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Andrew Cooper writes ("Re: [PATCH] docs/sphinx: todo/wishlist"):
>> It has been pointed out that calling this the wishlist is a poor name.
>> A better name would be the technical debt list. I won't resend for just
>> this, but please bear it in mind when considering the suggestion.
> I approve of the idea of recording technical debt in-tree.
>
> But, do we want it as a centralised list like this ?
Specifically, yes.
It allows for much easier identification of related areas of work, and
it ends up as a mostly-up-to-date list of small-to-large tasks, e.g. for
students looking for a semester project.
> I think we
> currently have technical debt marked as comments nearby in the
> relevant code or interface definitions. That is often more natural
> when developing.
For the ~10 or so people working full-time on the project, perhaps.
Very definitely not for people new to the project.
No-one, not even the main developers, are going to go and grep the
codebase for a todo list, and this is a sure-fire way of not improving
the status quo.
~Andrew
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