[Koha-devel] 16.05, zebra and jessie

[Barton Chittenden]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Philippe Blouin <
philippe.blouin at inlibro.com> wrote:

> Now, may I suggest something?  Documentation.  Not user friendly, but at
> least dev-enlightening.
>
> "You" guys put time in there, as with plack and memcache and whatnot, but
> if you're on the outside, you have no way of getting a head start beside
> reading some 1200 bugzilla comments in chronological order to know what's
> the status, how to get it to work on a git, etc...  (my ref to plack is not
> accidental).
>
> You can put tens of hours alone on the next bug and then wonder why nobody
> comes in when you call for testers, or invest a few hours on documenting a
> quick way for dummasses like me to catch up.
>
> *Now*, everyone is constrained by time, and I apologize if the comment
> above is frustrating to read.  I don't want to be rude, and I appreciate
> all the hours everyone put to improve the product while I don't or can't.
> Please see that just as my opinion on why different big devs don't get as
> many helpers as deserved.
>

I think this is actually a very cogent observation, and deserves its own
thread. I've definitely been in the situation where I've wanted a better
view of large developments, but was overwhelmed by the comment threads in
bugzilla. I've got some ideas, but I don't want to hijack the discussion
of 16.05, zebra and jessie.
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