Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:05:39 -0700 (PDT) From: kosmos@bowhill.yi.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/21532: Suggestion for Message-ID: <200009250605.e8P65dK08505@bowhill.yi.org>
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>Number: 21532
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: No formal mechanism in place for discussion of ports wish-list items
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-ports
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 24 23:10:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Allan Bowhill
>Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
Ports mailing list, among other places.
>Description:
There is no active central repository of ports wish-list items open to all
FreeBSD users, where ports suggestions can be easily viewed, submitted
or responded-to.
>How-To-Repeat:
1) Try to search for a comprehensive, ordered, categorized list of ports change suggestions in
the mailing list(s). You will not be able to easily query or view all suggestions.
2) Make a suggestion to the ports mailing list for a ports wish-list item. Mailing list
responses are fine, but it gets stored no place in particular where it can be viewed
alongside other suggestions.
3) Respond to a ports wish-list item in the ports mailing list. The response gets stored
no place in particular, other than the mailing list archive, which is readable-by-thread
but not categorized by suggestion type or topic, and mixed-in with other ports business.
>Fix:
Build a system, (probably a web site) to accomodate suggestions from committers and non-committers
alike to store wish-list items for ports.
The system should (like Gnats) track wish list items as Program Change Requests (PCRs), and
should at least be searchable, and viewable by ordering criteria.
PCRs should have associated states, probably dual. The first two states should reflect the state of
the suggestion in the forum, with the latter three indicating commital state.
new discussion review resolved suspended
open x x x x x
closed - - - x x
There should also be associated change categories. These would probably overlap.
(e.g. - global makefile, architectural, userland improvements, package production, installation,
internationalization etc.)
The system should have forum software assocaited with it, so someone viewing a PCR through a web browser
can select a link to viewparticipate in associated discussion on the wish-list item.
There should probably be a place to submit and review position-papers, too.
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