Re: Branch notifications

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> As the maintainer of four modules, I often find that I'm just
> not in the right frame of mind to write about my plans when
> I'm sending out branch notification emails.  I'm trying to
> roll some releases or put in a patch, and it's just not the
> right time for me.

Ditto.

> I think we should decouple branch notifications from hacking
> plans.  But if we don't ask for plans when branching, then
> I think most maintainers won't think to do it.  So how can
> we best prod maintainers to send their plans to ddl?

Maybe we should just put more focus on updating the roadmap wiki page.
 I don't think receiving pieces of the GNOME roadmap in email form are
necessarily that helpful.  I can't recall any times recently where
they've generated conversation, but I could be wrong.

Sandy