Re: [Denemo-devel] Wishlist

[Nils Gey]

I forgot:

If a feature request is nice, anywhere in the future, we can delete the wish, 
send a mail, and put it under "planned features" on the info page. 

Nils

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:08:05 +0200
Nils Gey <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> Regarding the crowded wishlist:
> 
> First it is nice to see, that users are really use this function. Since I am 
> the website-admin let me suggest some ways of keeping it clear and useful.
> 
> 1) The most important thing is, that people can easily make an entry to the 
> wishlist. Without registration and with a simple form this is possible. We 
> discussed spam-avoidance in another thread and currently there is no regular 
> spam. I shifted the entry-form to the top. Now its a bit ugly, but its easier 
> to write.
> 
> Deleting entries is simple. I suggest to delete already read wishes and do 
> the following
> 
> 2) The person who cares most about the wish is the person who made the entry. 
> Second is the Denemo-team. A quick notification via e-mail is nice and the 
> user feels, that he is in good hands (or how do you say...). Even if the wish 
> is no longer in the list, the contributer will surely know that we have read 
> it. I suggest that the dev who, for example, works on that feature, writes 
> the mail.
> 
> 3) This is the most important point: If the wish is a feature request which 
> is already fulfilled or finished after the entry was made then there is no 
> need for the wish anymore. To avoid that people wish for a feature which is 
> already there it is important to keep the featurelist and the manual up to 
> date.
> 
> 4) If the wish is a follow-up, a discussion or a re-request we must surpress 
> this on the wishlist and invite the user to the mailinglist. If the users 
> don't want to use the mailinglist we can think about a forum on denemo.org, 
> but that is a different discussion because its a general community/dev thing 
> which is followed by "When forum why mailinglist and whereIsTheIRCchannel"
> 
> 5) Bugs in the wishlist can be deleted and placed in the bugtracker. Maybe a 
> short email to the contributer.
> 
> Finally: I could the website send an email if a new entry is made. I don't 
> think that is necessary, but I wanted to tell you, that its avaible. 
> I also deleted some whises, following my own rules, with sending mails.
> 
> Nils
> 
> 
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