Re: [office] Comments and feature requests

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Re: [office] Comments and feature requests
I'll volunteer.

-Rob

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Rob Weir

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Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software

IBM Software Group

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 wrote on 05/09/2007 10:29:47
AM:

> Dear TC members,

> 

> below Rob and Patrick have made some suggestions how we could create
a 

> process for the comment handling. I personally like these ideas, and
I 

> think we should establish such a process. However, if we establish
this 

> process, we need someone who keeps track of comments, and the comment

> registry. Is someone of you interested in taking over this task, or

> volunteers to do so?

> 

> We further may require some lightweight process for feature requests

> that we get as comments. I could imagine that the one who keeps track
of 

> the comments alerts the TC of new requests, and asks for a volunteer
who

> may process the request within the TC. The task of this person would
be 

> to introduce the request to the TC so that the TC can accept or decline

> it, and, in case the request gets accepted, to advance the proposal
to a 

> state where the TC can vote on it. Obviously, there could be different

> volunteers for different proposals.

> 

> Best regards

> 

> Michael

> 

> -------- Original Message --------

> Subject: Re: [office-comment] RFE: Colour space capability within

> OpenDocument

> Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:11:47 -0400

> From: Patrick Durusau <>

> Reply-To: 

> To: 

> CC: Alex Hudson <>, 

> References: 

> <>

> 

> Rob,

> 

>  wrote:

> 

> >Patrick Durusau <> wrote on 05/03/2007
11:31:25 AM:

> >

> >  

> >

> >>Alex,

> >>

> >>Thanks for the comments!

> >>

> >>The mailing list archives, proposals, TC minutes, etc., are
all 

> >>available on the TC website:

> >>

> >>http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office

> >>

> >>We don't have a defined process for handling comments but
comments are 

> >>acknowledged and passed onto the TC for further action (where

> >>    

> >>

> >necessary).

> >  

> >

> >

> >I wonder if we can, without too much trouble, put a lightweight
process 

> >around this?  Maybe something like this:

> >

> >1) When a comment is received it is added to a comment registry
document 

> >(maybe an ODF spreadsheet) and dated.

> >  

> >

> Hmmm, well, if we want to capture all comments I assume we could work

> out some way to extract them from email. The basic information, date,

> sender (for a response), subject line, columns for who responded,

> resolution, resolution date.

> 

> Does that sound simple enough?

> 

> >2) Periodically the TC will review the comment registry and dispose
of new 

> >comments

> >3) The comment registry is updated with the resolution and resolution
date

> >

> >If this comment registry is kept public, then those who submit
comments 

> >will always know their status.

> >

> >  

> >

> Sounds good to me. As ODF matures we are going to be getting comments

> and having a process in place will make it easier to track comments,

> etc. as well as for people who have made comments to follow the

> resolution of their comments.

> 

> Patrick

> 

> >-Rob

> >___________________________

> >

> >Rob Weir

> >Software Architect

> >Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software

> >IBM Software Group

> >

> >email: 

> >phone: 1-978-399-7122

> >blog: http://www.robweir.com/blog/

> >  

> >

> 

> -- 

> Patrick Durusau

> 

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