From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Managing the community information stream |
Date: | 2007-05-08 15:54:54 |
Message-ID: | 46409D4E.3060401@dunslane.net |
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Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 07:36:55AM -0500, Jim Nasby wrote:
>
>
>> Instead, if all feature requests are tracked then users can vote on
>> what's most important to them.
>>
>
> I am sympathetic to the issues you and Andrew are describing (I
> understand Bruce's stream analogy, but I think Andrew is right that
> from the user's point of view, it's not usable). But I am not
> convinced that users voting on desired features will get us the
> users' desired features. The features we get are mostly the features
> that have attracted developers. The method by which that attraction
> happens is interesting, but I don't think it's democratic.
>
>
>
Getting votes might provide a useful point of information, not a way of
making decisions, though.
I certainly don't regard it as a must-have feature.
cheers
andrew
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