[OPEN-ILS-DEV] JSPAC removal blockers, what and which are they?

[Mike Rylander]

Mike,

If you were to set up such a thing (maybe just a google form?) and hijack
any bug-specific threads with a reminder of it, I think that would be great.

--miker


On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Peters, Michael <MRPeters at library.in.gov>wrote:

> Another crazy idea…****
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> What if we surveyed everyone and allowed groups to rank importance 1 to 10
> (or however many we have) and then we could aggregate an idea of which
> features people see as the biggest impediment to upgrading so developers
> can work on those highest ranked first?****
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> Example:****
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> *Bug Name                           Rank Importance (1 to 10)*
>
> Spell check is missing            10****
>
> Copy Location Search is Missing   1****
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> Sincerely,
> Michael Peters
> Indiana State Library MIS | Inspire.IN.gov Helpdesk | Evergreen Indiana
> Helpdesk
> office - 317.234.2128
> email - mrpeters at library.in.gov ****
>
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> *From:* open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Lori Bowen
> Ayre
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:54 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Development Discussion List
> *Cc:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] JSPAC removal blockers, what and which are
> they?****
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> Dan,****
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> I think your flu-influenced idea is great.  I do believe that Launchpad is
> an impediment if you want more opinions and anything you can do to put the
> word out over the General Discussion list will get a much wider audience.*
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> Maybe a little JSPAC backgrounder email to explain to non-devs what is in
> the works would help generate some interest as well....****
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:***
> *
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> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:21:36PM -0500, Mike Rylander wrote:
> > Well, do don't really know, exactly.  But, thanks to Kathy Lussier and
> Ben
> > Shum, we learned at the dev IRC meeting this week that we have a good
> > starting point.  It lives at
> >
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:opac:template-toolkit:plan#jspac_features_missing_from_tpacand
> > each feature now has a Launch Pad bug.****
>
> <snip>****
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> > What we need from everyone that can spare a few minutes are data and
> > opinions, and the best way to offer both is on the Launch Pad bugs linked
> > from the above wiki page.  Please take a moment to scan that list of
> JSPAC
> > features not yet in the TPAC, find the one that looks important or
> > interesting to you and your institution, follow the link to the LP bug
> and
> > leave a comment after having read the description and any previous
> > comments.  Even if your comment is, "we don't care about this feature and
> > are planning to move to TPAC with or without it," that is important
> > information to have.****
>
> <snip>
>
> > Questions, comments or concerns?
>
> If adding comments to bugs in Launchpad is a barrier for participation
> (having to sign up for an account, etc), then posting to the mailing
> list would be helpful too, IMO.
>
> Also, in the unlikely event that Kathy and Ben missed something that
> matters to you in the current round-up of missing features, feel free to
> raise that!
>
> Dan
>
> P.S. crazy flu-influenced idea - we could push one JSPAC removal bug to the
> mailing list each day to solicit feedback, so that everyone is looking
> at the same bug at approximately the same time...****
>
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>



-- 
Mike Rylander
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 | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
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