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Date:      Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:27:45 +0100
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en/projects/ideas index.sgml
Message-ID:  <20070217172745.qlurgeolwswokcww@webmail.leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070217153019.F48994@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <200702161123.l1GBNZSD076510@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070217155538.wezh42xqeoswsw4o@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070217153019.F48994@fledge.watson.org>

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Quoting Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> (from Sat, 17 Feb 2007 =20
15:38:18 +0000 (GMT)):

> A general point: in a a few weeks, we're going to have hundreds of
> students looking at the ideas page looking for concrete project ideas
> to propose for summer of code.  We should avoid putting things on the
> ideas page if we don't want them done.  We should make it clear for

I don't think we should remove the research-items. Better mark them as =20
inappropriate for the SoC.

> each item that we think is worth exploring but aren't sure will be
> committed that this is the case.  This will avoid unhappiness later
> when we say "Yeah, it was on the ideas list, but really, we don't want
> that".  I'm fine with having high level categories of ideas with
> contacts, rather than having every idea there be specific and concrete,
> but let's be very careful not to ask for things we don't want.

My experience with the ideas list so far is, that specific and =20
concrete items are more likely to get picked up than high level stuff. =20
An item will be picked up more likely, the smaller the concrete item is.

This (small and very detailed) is not something we want for the SoC, =20
but this is the FreeBSD ideas list and not the SoC ideas list. If you =20
think something is not appropriate for the SoC, mark it up as such. If =20
you think an idea should vanish completely, remove it with an =20
approriate commit log or start a discussion about it the removal may =20
be controversal. Personally I'm not emotionally attached to any entry, =20
and I think the same is true for Joel. Related thought: maybe we will =20
need a list of stuff we will not do ever for stuff which is removed =20
from the list but gets suggested again.

Bye,
Alexander.

--=20
Memory should be the starting point of the present.

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