2003-10-24, 09:15
i guess this kind of project wouldn't be feasible without any kind of planning or management. but i was wondering:
are any of the devs or anyone else doing this kind of work for xbmc? from what i can tell there are something like 4-5 (right?) main devs right now working on the project. then there are a whole bunch of people doing various patches and stuff that gets included now and then. and finally 3-4 administrators (1 main?) for forums and such.
in my eyes it looks like things get proritized and 'fixed'/'added' mostly based on a matter of time and willingness from the main devs (which is perfectly ok with me at least). and also based on the public demand (see forums).
my thought is; would a dedicated project manager/admin, that together with the rest of the team could plan stuff in advance, help out? in my eyes this could help take the load of some devs that could focus on the critical stuff and maybe this also could lead to that more people could get involved? get involved because their contributions could be planned for.
don't get me wrong this is not a complaint by any means. maybe there already is such a function in place? i'm just saying that maybe this kind of dedicated role could raise the effectivness even more? i must say again that it is amasing how much you people get done and i can't imagine how you get the time to do a 'normal' job aswell.
i don't know. do open source projects in this size normally have that kind of function?
thoughts, opinions?
/floink
ps
mind you that i'm probably not the person filling this function
[edit] (10 mins later) i hate that i just said that because i'd really like to help out. i would probably be able to do this kind of thing if needed/wanted. in my case it is a matter of time beeing @Home with 2 small kids and building a new house. [/edit]
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are any of the devs or anyone else doing this kind of work for xbmc? from what i can tell there are something like 4-5 (right?) main devs right now working on the project. then there are a whole bunch of people doing various patches and stuff that gets included now and then. and finally 3-4 administrators (1 main?) for forums and such.
in my eyes it looks like things get proritized and 'fixed'/'added' mostly based on a matter of time and willingness from the main devs (which is perfectly ok with me at least). and also based on the public demand (see forums).
my thought is; would a dedicated project manager/admin, that together with the rest of the team could plan stuff in advance, help out? in my eyes this could help take the load of some devs that could focus on the critical stuff and maybe this also could lead to that more people could get involved? get involved because their contributions could be planned for.
don't get me wrong this is not a complaint by any means. maybe there already is such a function in place? i'm just saying that maybe this kind of dedicated role could raise the effectivness even more? i must say again that it is amasing how much you people get done and i can't imagine how you get the time to do a 'normal' job aswell.
i don't know. do open source projects in this size normally have that kind of function?
thoughts, opinions?
/floink
ps
mind you that i'm probably not the person filling this function
[edit] (10 mins later) i hate that i just said that because i'd really like to help out. i would probably be able to do this kind of thing if needed/wanted. in my case it is a matter of time beeing @Home with 2 small kids and building a new house. [/edit]
ds