[fluid-dev] About the trac tickets

[David Henningsson]

So about the trac tickets, and whether things get picked up or ignored 
when put there:

First: Up to a week ago, all tickets were assigned to jgreen by default, 
and he is currently not active in this project, at least not much. So 
one problem was that nobody got a notification when a new ticket was 
added, and nobody knew it was there.

So a week ago I boldly changed the default owner to myself instead, 
which is better than the previous handling, but certainly not optimal, 
because it would be even better if more people than myself got that 
notification. Perhaps we can create some kind of "virtual" sf.net user, 
that owns all new tickets, and has the fluid-dev list registered as his 
"home email" so that all ticket notifications get posted to the dev 
list? Opinions are welcome.

Second: whether the ticket will actually be acted upon. I'd say that it 
depends on what's actually in the ticket. If it is a simple bug-fix 
patch and no controversies, it is going to be picked up by Pedro or 
myself, sooner or later, but at least before the next release.
Example: ticket #92.

If it is something a little heavier, such as a bug which might take some 
time to track down, please be patient. But do feel free to drop a 
reminder on the list, especially if it goes a month before anything 
happens. Help is always welcome, of course. Example: ticket #91.

If it is a new feature that is not very trivial to implement, posting to 
this list first for discussion is appreciated. Assuming approval from 
the list, it then depends whether I, Pedro, or someone else feels like 
implementing it - the list of things to choose from is long, and as 
always, given more volunteers, more things could be done. Example: the 
current MIDI file stuff that Matt is currently doing.

Comments, suggestions etc are welcome.

Btw, in this context it would also be good to mention that I'm likely 
having a few busy weeks ahead of me, which means less time for 
FluidSynth during those weeks. Just to let you know.

// David