Re: Development Status?

Marek Bálint <[email protected]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:43:48 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.kplato
Organization Void* Systems;
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,
I'm glad to see things moving... :o)

On Monday 18 February 2008, Dag Andersen wrote:
> Mandag 18 februar 2008 04:33 skrev Charles Ritchie:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi, Charles.
>
> > I am interested in using and possibly lending some support to Kplato. =

> > What is the current level of development activity?
>
> Steady but slow :)
>
> > Is there an updated version
> > that will be included in KOffice 2.0?
>
> Certainly hope so.
>
> > I am not a developer but I am very
> > familiar with project scheduling tools and could potentially assist with
> > documentation (requirements or user documentation), testing, and the
> > like.
>
> You are very, very wellcome! Input is needed for all you mention.
> * Requirements. In the short term it would be nice to get a second opinion
> on whether I have my priorities right or have missed something crucial. *
I do not know, if I am talking for most users and I also do not know your =

priority list, but from my point of view, there is one "most wanted" featur=
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(I am waiting for - for a long time) - resources planning:
When I create some tasks and add only one man to do them, KPlato doesn't ca=
re =

about working hours of this one man. For example, I create two tasks, with =
8 =

hours effort each. If these tasks do not depend on each other, KPlato says =

that this one man should perform them simultaneously and therefore esitmate=
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end of project is not in 24 hours, but 8 hours.

> Testing. Both the scheduling and ui needs a thorough work through. *
> Documentation. There are a number of people that worked on docs for the
> last release. I think some of them will contribute this time too, but I'm
> sure they'll appreciate help.



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S pozdravom / Best Regards,

Marek B=E1lint
executive director

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