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Re: [DotGNU]Reasons for a design working group
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Ian Fung |
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Re: [DotGNU]Reasons for a design working group |
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27 Jul 2002 14:27:06 -0500 |
let me roll things off by saying that i will be glad to be part of the
design working group. of course, i will represent VRS. i will ask chris
and eric if they want to also be in it too cause i think we should have
2 from VRS.
and yes! listen people!! this is important! suppppport it! =)
-alias
On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 08:57, Peter Minten wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there has been little reaction to my suggestion of forming a design working
> group, I interpret this as that a lot of people don't really have a strong
> opinion about this (the proposal is neither supported nor rejected). So let
> me just rally some support here by summing up some reasons why a design
> working group would be nice.
>
> First of all there is the matter of between part communication. The design of
> the execution enviroments affects the design of the authorization systems
> (who are used by the execution enviroments) and the design of the webservices
> (who use the execution enviroments). Since the exec enviroments are the
> interface to the auth systems for the webservices it's important to have
> these things tuned to eachother.
>
> Second there is the matter of appearance, the current structure of the
> individual projects with the SC above them may appear a bit unorganized to
> the industry, a structure of working groups with a defined terittory of
> operation that are clearly connected in a tree structure will appear more
> organized. A good appearance can be important to getting the industry to work
> with us.
>
> Third there is the matter of communication with non-DotGNU projects. We need
> to keep in touch with other free software projects (like Mono). If we have
> working groups these can keep in touch with the other projects for us. It
> could also be useful to invite important non-DotGNU projects to take part in
> a working group. This would certainly benefit all involved.
>
> Fourth is the matter of organization when DotGNU gets really big. When the
> projects get filled with developers and many new projects start it will be
> hard to keep track of what's going on. The parts working groups could keep
> track of developments in their areas and alarm the design working group (and
> the SC) if there is something they going on that's important.
>
> Well that's all I though off. Reactions are very welcome :-).
>
> Greetings,
>
> Peter
>
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