First Draft Development Process Proposal

[Edward Cherlin]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Greg Smith <gregsmitholpc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I posted a first pass Release Process Overview.
>
> See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_Process_Home

Thank you.

> Its based on work done by Michael and others on this list. It needs a
> lot more work, but I hope we can start using it soon and improve it over
> time.
>
> I could use help fleshing it out and closing the open items listed in
> the final section. Let me know if anyone wants to work with me on that.
>
> The goals of this process are:
> 1 - Ensure high quality releases which meet the needs of users in a
> timely fashion.
> 2 - Maximize the participation, productivity and enthusiasm of the open
> source community.
> 3 - Create a predictable process which helps users and developers plan
> for the future.
>
> I want to minimize the process overhead as much as possible. If its not
> helping make coders life easier then its not likely to make better code.
>
> Please comment, question, augment and criticize as needed. I especially
> want to know if it makes sense, looks useful and meets the goals
> outlined above.
>
> Comments on linked pages also welcome, especially:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases
> and
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Unscheduled_software_release_process
>
> Any input welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg Smith
> OLPC Product Manager
>
> PS - This is my first e-mail to the list since I changed from volunteer
> to employee. It's truly an honor to have this chance to work for OLPC
> and to learn from you all!
>
> Right now, I'm 90% focused on gathering input so I'm open to a call or
> e-mail exchange with anyone who is contributing to the project. If you
> want to have a brief call, just send me an agenda and a few open times
> 7AM - 6PM US ET, Mon - Fri.

We don't seem to have any process for translating textbooks and
content. There are teacher training materials in Spanish and Nepali
that we need in English, and a variety of other content in many
languages.

I think that we also need to do some work on creating a global
conversation on curriculum and free textbooks incorporating Sugar
software capabilities, and what we know about how children learn and
when they can learn it.

I am working with others to create a separate process for researching
and deploying other parts of the solution, such as electricity and
Internet in villages with microfinance support, parts which are out of
scope for OLPC. But we would still like to coordinate our efforts with
yours.
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