[OSM-talk] Things-To-Do Wiki Page

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> I'd personally be happy to see this sort of thing on a trac  
> 'enhancement' ticket.

I am against using trac for this. Trac is well suitable when you have  
"atomic" things that are well defined, and can conceivably be ticked  
off as "done" within a short timeframe. (Ideally, trac tickets should  
also have an owner - someone who is expected to deal with the problem.)

> How are we going to differentiate the new page from the tasks  
> listed on developer [1], the numerous tickets in Trac (which is a  
> mess), wiki improvements [2] and the variuos other places that  
> suggestions hide in on the wiki?

The developer page does not contain any tasks that anyone expect the  
person having written it can understand.

The wiki improvements page starts with: "This is a list of the  
improvements Rickm and Dee are planning on making to the wiki."

Similar problems exist with "various other places that suggestions  
hide in on the wiki". Most of them are of a personal nature, e.g. OJW  
detailing on some tiles at home page what he intends to do, but these  
are by no means a good entry point for a new developer to crash into  
- firstly they cannot be understood without the right background,  
which often is *not* on the wiki, and secondly they're often not of  
"help wanted" but of "I (personally) might do this if I have time"  
character.

What I have in mind is a comprehensive page that tells people where  
they could help, what skills they would probably require, and whom  
they should talk to if they want to do it. Something that is perhaps  
less aimed at those of is who are already working on all sorts of  
things. Something definitely out of scope for trac. Something with  
broader issues (Steve Chilton - your issue with node highlighting in  
JOSM is a concrete thing which you should put in the JOSM trac if it  
isn't already there; the other one about saving the window contents  
is probably one of the bigger issues that might fit on a page like  
the one I envisaged.)

I'll just make such a page and then we'll see.

Bye
Frederik

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