RE: Submission review process

[Rolf K. <rol...@ci...>]

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Jim Kring
  Sent: Thu, February 03, 2005 18:14
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  Subject: Submission review process


  Hello OpenG Developers,

  As most of you know, the OpenG Commander alpha version has been =
released and it is being used by many people to automatically obtain and =
install OpenG Packages directly from the Internet.  This is a great =
success.  Now it is possible to give some attention to the various OpenG =
Library packages.  There is a HUGE backlog of submissions and feature =
requests sitting in my inbox.  The question now becomes, "how do we =
manage all of these?"  We should be careful not to simply add new VIs or =
change existing VIs, but to be very meticulous in ensuring that any =
changes are well thought-out.

  I propose that we have some sort of review process, whereby any =
proposed feature or submission can be viewed, downloaded, and tested by =
anyone for some minimum period of time (maybe 30 days).  We can use the =
discussion forums for obtaining feedback on the proposal and use the =
feedback as a basis for making a good decision.  I think that this is =
also a very good way to get people involved.  For example, if people =
know that there is a place to view, download, and discuss project =
proposals then we are likely to get a lot more participation in our =
process.=20
Seems fine with me. Also as a side note, the lvzip library needs still a =
Linux build of the shared library for the new version. I was planning on =
doing that but haven't been able to, and as it looks at the moment I'm =
so deep into work that I can't spend much time on OpenG libraries at the =
moment.

The problem at the moment is indeed, that unreleased OpenG packages are =
only available over CVS, either direct CVS or the sourceforge Web based =
CVS interface. For a lot of users this is a to big hurdle to take, to =
try out new software.

Rolf Kalbermatter