Re: 8.2 features status

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:40:01PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> While I am not going to reopen the can of worms labeled 'bug tracker',
> I think it would be good to have a little more formality as far as
> claiming items goes.

Agreed.

> I'm picturing something like this:
>
> 1. Each person taking an item agrees to write at least one email each
> week to -hackers detailing progress or lack of same on the item.
>
> 2. Should someone wish to relinquish a claim on a feature, there needs
> to be some standard way to do a hand-off of whatever they've
> done/found and announce that the feature is now available to others to
> claim.
>
> 3. Should the person claiming the feature not communicate to -hackers
> for some period--I'm thinking 3 weeks is about right--the item goes
> back in the unclaimed pool with a message to -hackers saying that
> that's what's happened.
>
> What say?

It's a shame to have a person burn cycles on this, but anything would be
an improvement over what we've got now.
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