On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:21:31AM -0600, Pete Travis wrote:
As to where Docs will fall, I'm torn. I think that we most need
to
improve on collaboration with development and QA, with a feedback loop
from those groups enabling us to be more proactive in producing
up-to-date content. I see Docs as providing a service to packagers and
developers, and a value-add for end users. Some kids like to build
their legos according to the instructions! (If I'm off message here,
someone please check me!) OTOH, Docs concerns don't quite fit well in
the planning stages of an Engineering discussion, and I worry that our
message would get drowned out in that context.
Yeah, makes sense. I don't think it necessarily needs to be an
either-or — the intent certainly isn't to create _bigger_ splits in
the project.
Of course, we could collaborate with QA & Devel as part of the
Outreach
group too. Keeping pace with user demand is potentially more important
than tracking the updates repo, and maybe we can improve more by
increasing our feedback from users, reaching out to them for input, and
creating opportunities for casual participation. Definitively, we are
This sounds convincing, though. :)
Anyway, I hope there's enough in my rambling to keep the
discussion
going, and everyone involved is conscious of the potential for siloing
of Outreach and Engineering efforts.
In the ideal picture, having some teams which are primarily in one area
but have a foot in the other should help bridge the two.
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader