[Compcomm] The Next Step

[Jon Barnett]

Hi,

I'm not anyone of importance, just a user but I think it would be a
"nice" thing for us users if the link to proposals and the plan forward
(I assume this will be whiteboarded at Rock3D.org?) were linked to at
our local hang-outs (beryl-project.org and compiz.org) until things get
cut over. Just a suggestion as other than joining this group, we haven't
had any feedback as to what is happening.

It would also be nice to have some estimates on when things will happen
- and maybe this might be a bit of a wish this early, when things are
estimated to be completed. I'm not talking about hard deadlines, but
just enough rough information to give users an idea of what will be
happening and time-frames. And it doesn't necessarily have to be at the
low-level implementation - just some medium level implementation goals
for the sites and the working groups (I can see some of this is
coalescing now). I think some users are scared (about losing features),
some users are uncertain as to when development will get rolling again
(or whether their bugs will get resolved), some will be wondering
whether they should still be using the current forums or hanging off,
and some, if they're like me, are just milling about bleating - :). A
little re-assurance about moving forward would be wonderful.

You can always revise goals and time-frames as things become better
defined (so the whiteboard "action plan" is just the current, working
plan at any point in time). Users just want to know what is happening
with their product and community - and don't necessarily care about the
technical level discussions :). The "This week in Compiz" idea would be
good now. :)

I hope my comments aren't out of line in any way.

Cheers,

JonB.