Re: [wtp-pmc] Initial draft for "hotfeatures"

[Chuck Bridgham <cbridgha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

comments below...

Thanks

Chuck Bridgham		4205 S Miami Blvd
Architect, WebSphere Developer Tools		Durham, North Carolina 27703-9141
Eclipse WTP PMC Lead		USA
Phone:	919-254-1848
Mobile:	919-345-7657
e-mail:	cbridgha@xxxxxxxxxx

From:      
 Neil Hauge <neil.hauge@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:      
 wtp-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:      
 09/26/2013 11:17 AM
Subject:    
   Re: [wtp-pmc]
Initial draft for "hotfeatures"
Sent by:    
   wtp-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

---

Two items of input:

1) This would open up hotfeatures to the community at large, as opposed
to just adopters.  I think this might be OK, but I'm somewhat doubtful
that non-adopters would be aware of the process, as it is not a standard
OSS concept.   At the other end of the spectrum, there could be abuse
of this type of system as it isn't restricted to the adopter community.
<cdb>After we finalize these guidelines, we can
advertise this concept on our website, newsgroups, mailings lists etc...
  It is also up to the project leads to question all hotfeature requests,
and differentiate between a normal feature request and a hotfeature - I
do feel strongly we want to open this up to all users to show as much openness
and transparency as possible</cdb>

2) It is implied that accepting a hotfeature would be a hard commitment
to completing the feature in a given release.  This is very different
than the hotbug concept, where there is no commitment to actually fixing
the bug.   I suppose this is OK, as long as project teams are very
aware of the consequences of accepting a hotfeature.
<cdb>Completely agree this is VERY different, and
I expect most requests will remain in the "hotfeature_request"
phase for some time, but should make it completely clear the need for additional
help, or projects priorities are not in agreement with these requests.
Definitely worth more discussion here  </cdb>

I might lean toward making this just a process for adopters, but that is
just a leaning.  <cdb> I expect most of these requests will
originate from adopters....   But I could be very wrong..  :)
 </cdb>

Neil




On 9/26/2013 10:22 AM, Chuck Bridgham wrote:
Hi everyone, 

Before the meeting today, can you peek at my draft for hotfeatures..  I'd
like your input, as this is different from the hotbugs procedure.
I was going to bring this up for discussion today during the meeting, but
we can also wait another week, if we feel more discussion is needed among
PMC members. 

http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP/Hotfeature_Policy

Thanks

Chuck Bridgham		4205 S Miami Blvd
Architect, WebSphere Developer Tools		Durham, North Carolina 27703-9141
Eclipse WTP PMC Lead		USA
Phone:	919-254-1848
Mobile:	919-345-7657
e-mail:	cbridgha@xxxxxxxxxx

_______________________________________________
wtp-pmc mailing list
wtp-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/wtp-pmc

_______________________________________________
wtp-pmc mailing list
wtp-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/wtp-pmc