[Gvsig_english] Version 2.0 final features vote?

[Benjamin Ducke]

Hi Cesar,

Yes, that was my original idea. As users, we do not know what
your resources look like, but we can give you some impressions
on what the demand "out there" looks like. It is up to you to
decide whether you can fit those into your current development
plans.

If nothing else, a user wishlist might help drafting the roadmap for
gvSIG releases after 2.0.

Also, seeing that gvSIG has now been in SVN for a while, it is
quite possible that some external people will start contributing
code soon and the "user-driven" development will start to become
more significant once 2.0 has been released as a stable code base.

So I think it will be a good thing for the gvSIG project to promote
some form of user participation in the code development.

Best,

Ben

Cesar Martinez Izquierdo wrote:
> Hello Benjamin,
> we thank your interest and ideas. However, our resources are committed 
> to several gvSIG sub-projects and client deadlines, so we can't assure 
> we can push the most voted items.
> Anyway, I think that a vote can be useful for us to get an idea of top 
> user wishes, and even if we can't spend lots of resources on them, it 
> would be helpful in order to decide priorities.
> 
> At least, this is my opinion.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>   César
> 
> Benjamin Ducke escribió:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> as we discussed at the last gvSIG conference, I would like to suggest
>> a way of stream-lining the development of the final 2.0 version a bit.
>>
>> GvSIG is currently developing at breath-taking pace and great new
>> features are being introduced all the time. While new features are
>> always exciting, this makes it a bit difficult for me to understand
>> what exactly version 2.0 will look like and to focus on finding and
>> reporting bugs for improving its quality. If you feel the same about
>> it: how about we have a vote on which new features should most
>> importantly get into 2.0?
>>
>> We could make a list and the developers could dedicate their
>> resources to the top 3 or 5 items (or however much they think
>> is realistic). This would allow us to make sure gvSIG 2.0 contains
>> the things users want most. All other features could then be planned
>> for 2.1 or whatever later version. And development could soon be
>> focused on finding and eliminating bugs and improving user interface
>> and documentation.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ben
>>
> 
> 


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