[Adium-devl] It's that time again, folks!

[Colin Barrett]

On Feb 16, 2007, at 9:49 PM, disposable at infinitenexus.com wrote:

>
> On Feb 16, 2007, at 11:32 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:
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>> On Feb 16, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
>>
>>> Brian wrote:
>>>> Given that there's half an implementation sitting on a branch, I
>>>> don't think this should necessarily be included, seeing as it could
>>>> be finished in under a month.
>>> Good enough for me; you know the state of that better than the rest
>>> of us, for sure.
>>
>> Is it really that close? Perhaps a general "Improve the contact list,
>> starting with finish the tearable groups feature" item on there,  
>> then?
>
> If we go this route we should probably be more specific than general
> or ideas may range beyond the scope of a realistic 3 month project.
> I'm not averse to ambitiousness, dare to dream, I say, but with a
> parachute :-D

*nod*. Remember, though, it takes about a month to get 100% up to  
speed with everything. I think we may have forgotten to apply that  
lead time last year.

> We'll also need to prep the candidate to review the branch so they
> know what they are in for - picking up a software base and a branch
> of it at that, in an incomplete state. It takes a certain someone to
> take such tasks :) They will then need a bit of guidance in setting
> realistic expectations of themselves based on that.

Definitely. However, some people might be attracted to (or even good  
at!) that sort of work, so we should still put it out there.

>> It seems rather wasteful to just leave the code sitting there, if  
>> it's
>> so close to finishing.
>>
>
> No disagreements, it's just no small task either :)

Do you think you could put up under that project what state the code  
is in, and any other ideas you might have that would be related?

-Colin