Re: A little rant

On 7/8/2005 12:39 AM, Tobias Schlitt spake the following words: > Cheers! :) > > <rant> > I recently took a look at some other proposal processes in other open > source systems and one feature was quite impressive for me: Guiding > peoples proposals. The idea is, to have someone who guides the proposal > through it's way, to support the proposer and raise quality. > > My idea for something like that would be as follows: > > * PEPr-only accounts in future may only edit the proposal, not move > forward stages any more. > * Every PEAR-DEV may approve PEPr accounts. > * The approver of an account will automatically be assigned as the > "guide" for this proposal. He should keep in touch with the proposer, > guide him in getting PEAR compliant, if help is necessary, moderate the > pear-dev discussions,.... The guide may also move the proposal forward > to the specific stages (draft -> proposal, proposal -> vote). I really like this! It makes things much more open and will lower the frustration level (and improve quality, as you say). Klaus