Re: [Tikiwiki-devel] Dogfooding trackers on dev.tikiwiki.org (wiki-based project management)

[Greg M. <gm...@gm...>]

Marc, good work!  I got a couple hits on auth issues.  I'm trying to find time to make some progress on them.

\\Greg



Marc Laporte wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I proceeded to a major clean-up / reorganization on doc.tikiwiki.org and 
> dev.tikiwiki.org.
>
> I have identified 105 keywords to categorize/describe Tiki features:
> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Keywords   (what we wish Tiki did)
> http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Keywords  (what Tiki does)
> I chose to have a large number of smaller units/categories. We can 
> regroup later on with "related" pages or do reports  (using trackerlist 
> plugin) on more than one category. Do you see some missing keywords?  If 
> so, please add to both doc & dev pages
>
> Here is the updated list of where the 105 features are regrouped:
> # Content features
> # Navigation features
> # Transversal features (which apply to more than one section)
> # Text Area features (features you can use in all text areas, like wiki 
> pages, blogs, articles, forums, etc)
> # Administration features
> # Advanced features for programmers
> # Other
>
> Here is:
> http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Features
>
> (This logic can provide some ideas for the re-organization of the admin 
> panel)
>
> So each feature (big or small) has a link to the doc (what Tiki does) 
> and to dev (what we wish Tiki did). I think it's very important to keep 
> a distinction between the two. If we add ideas and suggestions to 
> doc.tikiwiki.org, the end user can think it's done or it's going to be 
> done, which leads to deception. That is why it's called a "wishlist".
>
> I added a section "Advanced features for programmers". I think that 
> non-programmers should know that these are complex and not for them. 
> Whereas programmers may like to know what goodies are available just for 
> them :-)
>
> I intend to discontinue asking for the "area" (in the bug/wishlist 
> reporting tracker)
> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/tiki-browse_categories.php?parentId=2
> when posting for a bug:
> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=5&show=mod
>
> To add PHP, or Smarty or Javacript to the bug report adds little value 
> compared to the 100+ Feature choices... I moved all the interesting 
> "areas" to the main feature list anyway. Let me know if you need 
> something here.
>
> Now,  if we can get these last tracker/category bugs fixed:
> http://tikiwiki.org/TikiFest198#Pre_event_bug_fixes_and_enhancements
> We'll be ready to use trackers to coordinate TikiFest efforts.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>
> M ;-)
>
>
>
> Marc Laporte wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> As a follow-up from the message below (from a year ago)...
>>
>> Dogfooding the trackers has helped tremendously to make them more robust 
>> and more powerful.
>>
>> I just spent a few hours cleaning up the trackers, adding categories, etc
>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/FeatureDev
>>
>> Please try out the dynamic filter:
>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/DynamicFilter
>>
>> Also, checkout the mouseover when checking the wishlist:
>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/tracker5
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> M ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Marc Laporte wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Some recent bugfixes by Laurent Moss (lmoss) on trackers are opening up 
>>> new possibilities for efficient wiki-based project management (a 
>>> combination of wiki & trackers).
>>>
>>> I am thinking we should replace the old FeatureDev pages we have on 
>>> tikiwiki.org. This is typical (outated) page:
>>> http://tikiwiki.org/MultilingualDev
>>>
>>> Having a list of bugs spread out on various wiki pages isn't ideal, and 
>>> our links to SF trackers are often broken (and/or outdated). Below is a 
>>> new series of pages to coordinate development per feature. This is what 
>>> it could look like: (todos, auto-evaluation, participants, etc)
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Wiki
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Article
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Blog
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Calendar
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Category
>>>
>>> Still missing is a list of links of other software which does this 
>>> feature (so we can easily compare to best in class)
>>>
>>> Pages with only list of todos (for now):
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Directory
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Faq
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/File_Gallery
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Forum
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/i18n
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Image_Gallery
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Maps
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Menu
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Mobile
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Newsletter
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Quiz
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/RSS_XML-RPC_SyncML_Mail-in
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Sheet
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Survey
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Tracker
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Workflow
>>>
>>>
>>> There also has recently been several bugfixes to make the user trackers 
>>> work as expected. I suspect this feature worked in the past, but was 
>>> broken at one point by some other enhancements. Please also update your 
>>> user profile to tell us which features you are most interested in.
>>> http://dev.tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_tracker_item.php?view=+user
>>> There are still a few WYSIWYCA bugs. Help appreciated!
>>>
>>> The idea is to encourage clusters of collaboration. To regroup on one 
>>> page an overview of the situation for a specific feature (using 
>>> trackerfilter plugin), while having one central list of todos.
>>>
>>> What do you think of this concept?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
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