[TYPO3-dev] The future of Bug Days

[François Suter]

Hi Jigal,

> Activity in both bug days and development has decrease a lot since the
> introduction of git/gerrit. Causation is hard to prove, but it is so far
> the only explanation which can be found...

I'm sorry but I disagree here, at least as far as Bug Days are 
concerned. I've been handling the Bug Days for more than a year and a 
half and we had attendance problems at various intervals. The switch to 
Git/Gerrit might be a cause for lower attendance, but it's certainly not 
the only one.

IMO the main culprit is the routine aspect. Every time there was 
something new (meeting places, pledges by Core Team members, etc.), the 
Bug Days saw renewed activity, which dropped again within 3 months. 
Which is why I think we need a different concept altogether, one which 
is maybe less vulnerable to the "repetition effect", although we 
probably can't avoid it.

More generally some good ideas have been floated already. I'm waiting a 
bit more before doing a kind of summary/second round of discussion. 
Hopefully some more people will express their expectations and frustrations.

Cheers

-- 

Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch