On Aug 8, 2006, at 17:47 , Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> What happens now is:
>
> A starts working on X.
> 3 months pass
> B comes to hackers, spends hours reading the archives, doesn't find
> X (because they know it by a different name), comes to -hackers and
> asks "Is anyone working on X?"
> B waits for 2 weeks without an answer and repeats the question.
> Hackers E, F and G reply "yes, someone is but I don't remember who,
> search the archives for keyword X"
> B searches again, finds original post.
> B e-mails A and gets no response.
> B finally offers to take over X
> Hackers M, L, and N say "sure, but read the archives for spec info"
> B reads more archives for several hours.
>
> There's a LOT of unnecessary overhead in that process: having a
> simple web app that lists who claimed what todo and when, any
> status updates if they've voluntarily provided them, and links to
> archive discussions, we could reduce the above to a 3-step process
> making it vastly easier for new hackers to get started.
A developers' wiki with links into the list archives would be great.
-M
