IdeaTorrent has been available for more than one month now. It harbors 17 ideas totalling probably less than 50 votes. Perhaps 56.
I'd like to remind or inform of a few facts:
1/ IdeaTorrent is being considered as the preferred place to post requests for implementation.
2/ Developers can monitor IdeaTorrent. By clicking on idea titles, they may
a/ change the status: need clarification, good to go, not an idea,.. There are like 10-12 modalities.
b/ Promote an idea from Popular to Bein implemened, and then to Implemented
c/ Use the "Developer comment" area to communicate with admins (gr3gw and I).
3/ More voters are needed to assess how popular an idea is and how much its implementation should be prioritised
4/ There is a possibility to define tags for future release, and to associate an idea with such a planned release. (admins only)
If we want IdeaTorrent not to sit idle, we have to use it, which mechanically will make it more useful. phpBB will interface with it more helpfully than the current forums. This improvement is scheduled for some weeks away - SF has announced the current forums would be phased out soon and migrated to phpBB.
I just implemented some categories, and categorized the current 17 ideas. Edited 1 title.
CChris
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The Np++ resources page on the NpWiki++ side bar already has links to IdeaTorrent.
Since the main site will need a little remodeling with the old FAQ going away - non english FAQs are a problem -, the linking to IdeaTorrent will wait a little perhaps.
CChis
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b/ Promote an idea from Popular to Bein implemened, and then to Implemented
c/ Use the "Developer comment" area to communicate with admins (gr3gw and I).
4/ There is a possibility to define tags for future release, and to associate an idea with such a planned release. (admins only)
Amend from ' gr3gw and I ' to the Moderators and Dev team.
Moderators in this case consisting of those who know the documentation inside and out, and also know when an idea is something already covered by an existing method/plugin.
The Dev team in this case would be those would would have something in implementation, set a milestone/release category and such.
Not to say there isn't an overlap. This is a direct way to discuss both the idea/solution, the technical implementation, and the roadmap yet as you say, it is primarily so devs can select something to work on that the users want.
3/ More voters are needed to assess how popular an idea is and how much its implementation should be prioritised
YES!! We need more usage of the ideaTorrent. As you mentioned the usage will likely go up when phpBB goes live. Also, adding a link from the N++ home page and the wiki homepage would surely increase user activity.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
IdeaTorrent has been available for more than one month now. It harbors 17 ideas totalling probably less than 50 votes. Perhaps 56.
I'd like to remind or inform of a few facts:
1/ IdeaTorrent is being considered as the preferred place to post requests for implementation.
2/ Developers can monitor IdeaTorrent. By clicking on idea titles, they may
a/ change the status: need clarification, good to go, not an idea,.. There are like 10-12 modalities.
b/ Promote an idea from Popular to Bein implemened, and then to Implemented
c/ Use the "Developer comment" area to communicate with admins (gr3gw and I).
3/ More voters are needed to assess how popular an idea is and how much its implementation should be prioritised
4/ There is a possibility to define tags for future release, and to associate an idea with such a planned release. (admins only)
If we want IdeaTorrent not to sit idle, we have to use it, which mechanically will make it more useful. phpBB will interface with it more helpfully than the current forums. This improvement is scheduled for some weeks away - SF has announced the current forums would be phased out soon and migrated to phpBB.
I just implemented some categories, and categorized the current 17 ideas. Edited 1 title.
CChris
The Np++ resources page on the NpWiki++ side bar already has links to IdeaTorrent.
Since the main site will need a little remodeling with the old FAQ going away - non english FAQs are a problem -, the linking to IdeaTorrent will wait a little perhaps.
CChis
b/ Promote an idea from Popular to Bein implemened, and then to Implemented
c/ Use the "Developer comment" area to communicate with admins (gr3gw and I).
4/ There is a possibility to define tags for future release, and to associate an idea with such a planned release. (admins only)
Amend from ' gr3gw and I ' to the Moderators and Dev team.
Moderators in this case consisting of those who know the documentation inside and out, and also know when an idea is something already covered by an existing method/plugin.
The Dev team in this case would be those would would have something in implementation, set a milestone/release category and such.
Not to say there isn't an overlap. This is a direct way to discuss both the idea/solution, the technical implementation, and the roadmap yet as you say, it is primarily so devs can select something to work on that the users want.
3/ More voters are needed to assess how popular an idea is and how much its implementation should be prioritised
YES!! We need more usage of the ideaTorrent. As you mentioned the usage will likely go up when phpBB goes live. Also, adding a link from the N++ home page and the wiki homepage would surely increase user activity.