XO Feature Roadmap Meeting Minutes from November 26

[Greg Smith]

Hi Marco,

NP on the meeting, thanks for reading the minutes!
Comments inline.

 > * What's the time target of these features? I assume 9.1 *and* beyhond?

GS - This page is the heap of all items we have thought of building on 
the XO: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap I have a few days left 
to make sure everything under consideration is on there. Then I plan to 
start tagging items for 9.1 and adding other tags. For 9.1, a quick 
filter will show what is top priority for that release. In the end I 
want it to look like this: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+specs

Then I will have a separate 9.1 page with the 9.1 filter and additional 
project management details (schedule etc. like we did in 8.2) and a 
statement of goals.

 > * Is it work OLPC stuff is going to do or something we encourage the
 > community to take over?

GS - Its going to cover both. I need to get the top priority OLPC stuff 
nailed down ASAP. Then I want to list the things which are important to 
XO users and make it easy for anyone to work on those.

 > * Do we need some sort of consensus about features before adding them 
to the
 > roadmap? For example it's the first time I hear Joe "remove the 
frame" idea
 > and I don't think it has been discussed at all with the design team.

GS - No consensus needed to put it on this page. Just follow the 
guidelines 
(http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap#Suggestions_for_providing_input) 
and make sure its well motivated.  Getting something built is another story.

 > * Any reason to *not* use trac directly for it instead of the wiki? It
 > mostly seems like a list of items.

GS - I want requirements, specifications, lists of customers and more 
detail then we have in trac. I also use the wiki to show the feature 
design to customers and get their ack on the requirements. Lastly, I 
want an easy place to track topics and main ideas. Items on the wiki can 
have one or more Trac items as well. Its extra work to use wiki and Trac 
but those are my reasons. Again, I want to follow the Ubuntu example and 
I think Semantic wiki will get me real close...

 > * How do I propose a feature to be added to the list?

GS - Just out it on there. Follow the guidelines and make sure you are 
as clear as possible about who benefits from the feature and how. I get 
an e-mail whenever the page is updated but you can also e-mail me 
directly. Also, if you have an idea and want to know if any customers 
have asked for it or if they would benefit from it, feel free to ask and 
I'll hunt down an answer for you.

Thanks,

Greg S

PS Thursday and Friday are holidays in the US. Back online Monday.

Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Greg Smith <gregsmitholpc at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Ed, Gary, Deepak, Ben, Caryl and possibly other met on IRC on Wed.
>> November 25.
>>
> 
> Sorry to not have made this, still fighting with the jet lag here...
> 
> 
>> - Feature Roadmap page and 9.1 planning
>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap) :
> 
> 
> 
> I went through it and I'm a bit confused about time/scope/target:
> 
> * What's the time target of these features? I assume 9.1 *and* beyhond?
> * Is it work OLPC stuff is going to do or something we encourage the
> community to take over?
> * Do we need some sort of consensus about features before adding them to the
> roadmap? For example it's the first time I hear Joe "remove the frame" idea
> and I don't think it has been discussed at all with the design team.
> * Any reason to *not* use trac directly for it instead of the wiki? It
> mostly seems like a list of items.
> * How do I propose a feature to be added to the list?
> 
> Thanks,
> Marco
>