On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 19:23 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
On 8/27/05, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...260...> wrote:
For even releases, we use the tallied bug counts like we've done before, but for odd releases (starting with 0.43), we instead count RFE scores.
This may be a good idea, but consider that a feature needs much more time to be done well, on average, than a bug. A quick bug fix is good, but a "quick feature" is not always so. I don't think we have a lot of "easy" ones in the tracker anyway.
I agree. We have enough severe problems from quick feature hacks in the codebase already. Features are definitely one of those things that NEED to be finished at a natural pace, done _when they're ready_.
Combining that with not setting a bug-fixing goal is just a recipe for major disaster.
Knowing how good the Inkscape team is at knocking out features, I think we could set our goal at 400 points worth of features.
I think that's too high. Unless we count everything starting from 0.42. Also most RFEs are unprioritized at 5 (and unlike bugs, how are we to prioritize them - by difficulty? by importance?)
Way, way too high. Bug fix and feature work are inherently different. Bug fixes, we're revisiting familiar old territory. Feature work is more exploratory.
-mental