[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 5 mailing list?

[Michael Scharkow]

Hi Kasper,

Kasper Skårhøj wrote:

> First: How can we open up for broad, result producing collaboration on 
> the 5.0 architecture?

Invite all interested parties to submit a formalized proposal stating 
*what component* (e.g. CSC, TCA format, module X, class Y) they'd like 
to work on with *what goal*  in mind, *how* it's supposed to be 
implemented (to keep things focused on the actual work), *how long* a
working prototype will take, etc.

The R'n'D team should priorize the work so that dependencies are handled 
correctly and the overall architecture is structured.

TYPO3 is so modular already that it should be possible to separate the 
work into manageable chunks, we only have to take care that the projects 
are small enough to be implemented in a reasonable timeframe. The 4.0 
projects have IMO been somewhat too large to be handled in time by one 
person.

If there are larger components to be done, encourage people to have code 
sprints with interested developers, keep the teams small and make sure 
no single dev is involved in too many of them.

> Second: What will motivate the best developers in our community to take 
> responsibilities for the implementation of that architecture?

A few ideas:

1. A less rigid access to the 5.0 branch in SVN/CVS and less strictness 
in code quality. Everyone should get access to new developments as soon 
as possible. Until now, most of the projects where rather private and 
only hit CVS when they were already quite big.

2. Use project management tools such as basecamp and keep the schedule 
tightly monitored.

3. Pressure people to get help or fail early because we cannot lose 2 
years on feature X. Have the project leaders report every month, etc.


On a related issue: We should *really* relieve the core devs and others 
from being webmasters, editors, bug managers, security team members, 
etc. This has been tried many times, but we still have huge dependencies 
on Robert or Rupi or you being around to fix simple stuff on typo3.org etc.

Cheers,
Michael