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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Galileo Must-do's
Title: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Galileo Must-do's
Each year, we raise the bar a little on release train participation.  As I recall, the main bar-raising items are capability definitions and New & Noteworthy pages.  These didn’t seem too drastic by members of the PC that agreed to them, but maybe we were wrong (I certainly hope not).

And to be clear, nobody is forcing anyone to do anything.  Participation on the Release Train is voluntary, but comes at the cost of agreeing to release at a higher bar than what is normally required for releasing as a non-train project.  There’s not a whip involved here, but a carrot.  If you’d like to be on the train, there is a cost, that’s all.

- Rich


On 11/14/08 5:01 AM, "Thomas Hallgren" <thomas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I miss the good old days when Open Source communities were based on the contributions that they got, where the contributors were heroes, and the quality of the resulting product were the product of their goodwill and skill. I find that participating in the Eclipse release train nowadays involves efforts that are somewhat overwhelming and that I, instead of adding valid functionality to the areas where I contribute, am forced to implement requirements that brings much less benefit to the intended user base.

I think that when a central management stipulates this many requirements for individual projects, there's a high risk that all the fun is taken out of it. As a contributor, and even as a project manager, I loose control. I no longer decide what's important in my own domain. I no longer prioritize what to do with the time I spend on the projects. Someone else does. A lot of the motivation is thereby lost, replaced with a whip that forces me to comply with a strict set of rules. Was that the intention? I don't think so.

Don't get me wrong, I can see that there are benefits in having a common set of requirements. I just think it's a tad too much now.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren



Schaefer, Doug wrote:
  
It'll be interesting to see what happens when we get to the Release Review and find few of us actually did all the must dos. Unfortunately, the must do's didn't come with additional contributions and I can't seem to pull any out of my, uh, never mind. I see Doom ahead unless a Christmas miracle happens.

Doug.
 

 
From: cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anthony Hunter
 Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:20 PM
 To: Cross project issues
 Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Galileo Must-do's
 
 

Hi Team, with respect to the questioning of the capabilities as a "must do":
 
 http://ahuntereclipse.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-just-dont-have-any-capabilities.html
 
and further comments should go on https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=252807
 
Cheers...
Anthony
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Anthony Hunter mailto:anthonyh@xxxxxxxxxx
Software Development Manager: Eclipse Open Source Components
IBM Rational Software: Aurora / GEF / GMF / Modeling Tools
 



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