[Process] OSAF process mailing list

Mitch Kapor <[email protected]> Fri, 01 Nov 2002 17:22:17 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.org.osaf.process
Message-ID <5.1.1.6.2.20021101171347.02595918__13450.5362053917$1043290140@shell3.shore.net>
OSAF's process mailing list is a place to discuss the 'what' and 'how' of 
the community infrastructure for OSAF.  The first subject under discussion 
is a continuation of multiple threads from the OSAF design list about how 
best to gather and synthesize community input on the design of Chandler.

Presently we are looking at examples of how other open source projects 
manage new ideas and proposals.  One difference between established 
projects and OSAF is that Chandler is still vaporware.  There is no 
software artifact such as Zope or Python which the community already knows 
and uses that is the basis of a shared understanding of the current state 
of affaris.  One of our needs is to create an evolving document (probably a 
wiki of some kind) which represents the current state of thinking, both 
internally and externally, across the spectrum of design issues.  Anther 
need which we share with other projects is to have a way for new ideas to 
be raised, discussed, and acted upon.  Part of this story has to do with 
the tools which are used to facilitate the process.  Another part has to do 
with the particular roles people play with respect to decision making.