Re: GNOME Love Tasks (was: Re: [gnome-love]Fixing dialog boxes)

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>]

> We also have the GNOME Task Database: http://www.gnome.org/todo/index.php3

Good point.  There is one problem with the Task Database: It has not
been maintained for a long time, I can not even add new tasks to the
system right now.

If we can get this going again, I think that this `TODO' system should
be the one that we use instead of a hand maintained version.  I have
CCed Joakim on this, and see what he thinks about getting the task
database going on again. 
 
> Finally, the task database has an interface which is friendlier for new
> contributors.  This is a nice feature.  It means that the GNOME hackers
> who help out on the Love project can spend more of their time helping
> new contributors to get things done and less time being a middle-man
> between the task list and the new contributor.  (Not to demean the
> importance of helping the new contributor find the right job, but in many
> cases a new contributor would enjoy looking over the full list and
> selecting a task for him or herself.)

Yes, I agree with you.  

> I think if we could encourage everybody to post tasks to the task database
> then we don't need a single maintainer.  Our tasks really have to come
> from everybody since no single person knows what tasks needs to be done
> for all of GNOME.
>
> So, an important part of the job of the Love project is to encourage GNOME
> developers to come up with tasks and put them in the Task Database.
>
> Thoughts?

Agreed.  We just need to get the task database up and running again.
Me and Jody I think are the only people who posted entries in the Task
database, we need more people to put their favorite tasks.

Miguel.