[Xastir-dev] Xastir Requirements Capture

[Gerry Creager]

Kristian Walsh wrote:
>> While I like to use wikis for documentation, I much prefer to keep 
>> active discussions on a mailing list.  I find I just don't hit wikis 
>> often enough in the day to make them useful for an interactive gig.  I 
>> do think Trac would be a good app for a wiki for development and 
>> ticket-tracking.
> 
> I agree about wikis getting stale, but it's useful to have a definitive 
> "spec" somewhere, and using a wiki avoids having only one person as 
> "Keeper of the Document".
> 
> As a compromise, how about: discuss stuff here, and when agreement is 
> reached on a point, it goes on the wiki page (along with a reason why it 
> got there, perhaps?).  That way, we keep the discussion fluid, but still 
> have an easy-to-view record of what's been decided, so that new 
> contributors can get up to speed.

That's the approach I prefer to use.  I will admit to difficulty 
convincing at least one other group I work with to approach things that 
way, even if stale wiki fodder was finally recognized as a problem.

gerry

> On 17 Jun 2008, at 13:53, Gerry Creager wrote:
> 
>>
>> gerry
>>
>> John Ronan wrote:
>>> On 17 Jun 2008, at 03:39, Tom Russo wrote:
>>>> Ok, I've been kicking around a strawman for "Xastir-NG" requirements
>>>> capture, and would like to get the ball rolling.
>>>>
>>> Could I propose (unless anyone has serious objections) that we put 
>>> the list of requirement into some other format other than an email 
>>> archive. While fine for discussion, I find that the 'core' of the 
>>> thread can sometimes get lost (of course you can tell me to get lost 
>>> as well ;).
>>> I would be more than happy to create an instance of trac 
>>> (http://trac.edgewall.org/) or indeed any other tool that would allow 
>>> collaborative editing/working.
>>> Alternatively, I could try and keep a continual 'list summary' on one 
>>> long html page.  Which attempts to describe the feature and keep the 
>>> description up to date with the list discussion.
>>> Comments?
>>> de John
>>> EI7IG
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