Re: Feature proposal process?

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 15:49 +0900, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Dave Neary <dneary free fr> wrote:
> > According to the calendar, with the upcoming 3.8 release, we will soon be in
> > feature proposal again.
>
> For what it's worth, "Feature Proposals" in the open doesn't really work as
> a concept.
>
> GNOME is comprised of hundreds of modules, much of the software is
> getting new features every release cycle.
>
> We've added a lot of new features to Evolution Data Server in 3.8 for example,
> should we have to discuss this with all of GNOME ?

No, feature proposal is only about platform-wide features. That's why
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2013-March/msg00001.html said "discuss new platform-wide 
features". :)
You're not expected to discuss every single feature of your module in
public.
That's also why the 3.7 schedule had two related items:
* End of new feature proposals period for 3.8 (in 10/2012)
* Feature Freeze: new functionality is implemented now (in 02/2013)
Same plans for 3.9, but if the language could be improved and be more
clear, ideas are welcome.

andre
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