[Bf-committers] Module Owner teams - proposal to extend & formalize it more

[Howard Trickey]

I am the bevel dev in question.  I didn't know about bf-funboard.
Was the problem discussed there?
I am subscribed to it now.

I will get to your requested bevel fix before next year, hopefully
for the next release.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Tom M <letterrip at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> My whole point is that it would be good as a user to get more feedback
> >> about ideas. Do all the devs read funboard??
> >
> > Probably most do, but - every dev likely has a 'todo list' that will
> > last them for the next couple of years.
> >
> > So, unless it is something that the dev will prioritize for themselves
> > as something more important than their current todo list, it isn't too
> > likely to get looked at.
> >
> > LetterRip
>
> I am sure you are correct about that, but that also means that a lot
> of good ideas get lost in the static and a lot of users end up not
> feeling heard.
> We also have lost a lot of old good things like automatic color naming
> from 2.4. I am sure these small but nice things get lost for about the
> same reason.
>
> I also wanted to point out a problem that I found last month. The
> Bevel tool was changed. The dev did some really good  work and changed
> it so that it worked as most users expected it too. Problem was that
> in so doing he broke a really good tutorial and upset a lot of users.
>
> These users are all waiting for the old way to come back so that they
> can get back to doing the great work that bevel used to do for them.
> All these users are stuck using 2.64 while they wait. The problem was
> that the dev did not even know that these users were upset with the
> change. He had no idea until I pointed it out. It is now on his todo
> list and not in first place.
>
> The dev was great about the problem and I know he will get to it. My
> fear is that later might mean next year. The problem that needs to be
> fixed is this lack of communication between the users and the devs. I
> am not sure how to fix this. I do my best to keep my eyes open and
> report back here but I don't have that much time. I am open to ideas
> about how this can be fixed.
>
> I hope I am not getting to off the thread topic.
>
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