Re: Future of GNOME

[Dietmar Maurer <dm vlsivie tuwien ac at>]

Greg S. Hayes wrote:

> > One good thing is maybe something like a task/feature list on the web,
> > where people can vote what feature/ideas/application they like.
> > (i.e. http://www.gnu.org/prep/tasks_toc.html , although the have no
> > voting system)
> >
>
>         I really like this idea. A voting system with comments could easily
> give developers a sense of "why" or "why not" the programs are gaining
> acceptance. It could also provide a new form of feedback to explain why
> some things aren't implemented. A system like this would probably reduce
> many of the flooded mailboxes that we developers are used to. Many of
> the comments I've received when I do active development are the same...
> and it gets to be a pain to answer the same question again and again.
>         I think building an advanced SlashDot like voting system with comments
> and a TODO list would help centralize and motivate the community.

What's the best toolkit to build such a voting system - any suggestions?