[ros-users] Uservoice-like Suggestions Page

[Eric Perko]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Ken Conley <kwc at kwc.org> wrote:

> -1
>
> Reasons:
>
>  * Too many ways to communicate.  There are already too many misuses
> of ros-users/Answers/Trac, we don't need to complicate the flowchart
> even more.
>  * Every extra piece of infrastructure takes time to maintain --
> maintenance, bug fixes, features requests, etc...  More infrastructure
> == less time spent on new features for ROS.
>
> If you want to request a feature, it really should be in a ticket
> tracker -- or, even better, a patch should be attached.
>

-1

For the same reasons as above. Enhancement tickets are the best place for
smaller feature requests. Larger ones can start in SIGs or on ros-users.

One thing that could give the same functionality without overly
complicating the workflow would be something like the VotePlugin for Trac (
http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/VotePlugin). An alternative could be some
guidelines like, if you are interested in an open enhancement ticket, add
yourself to the CC list. That way, if we want to see which tickets are most
desired, we could look for the tickets with the most people CC'd (with the
added bonus that people that are interested are kept up to date via email
and could test/comment as the ticket progresses).

- Eric


>
>  - Ken
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Thibault Kruse <kruset at in.tum.de> wrote:
> > -0, same reasons as Armin, Jochen and Michael.
> >
> > However such polls can have their place for the purpose of market
> research.
> >
> > I see that in particular for platform and infrastructure issues. So an
> OSRF
> > community manager
> > or the ROS platform manager (Tully) could consider doing targeted polls,
> if
> > they want to have a
> > somewhat objective measure about what changes the community most urgently
> > wishes (Apart
> > from what the SIGs tell).
> >
> >
> >
> > On 07/19/2012 12:21 PM, Armin Hornung wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2012-07-19 08:34, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:
> >>>
> >>> * Mac Mason <mac at cs.duke.edu> [2012-07-18 23:26]:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 6:04 PM, David Lu!! <davidlu at wustl.edu>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is there any interest in a uservoice-like suggestions page for the
> ROS
> >>>>> Community at large?
> >>>>
> >>>> +1
> >>>
> >>> -0
> >>
> >> I tend to agree with Jochen. [...]
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Armin
> >>
> >
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