GNOME/FeaturePlanning

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The is the basis of a draft for feature handling

Bugzilla

Pros

• We have the infrastructure readily available at https://bugzilla.novell.com
• Developers and longtime users are familiar with it
• A lot of feature already available that we can use like discussion, voting, assigning etc.
• Tracking of the tasks/feature requests is easily possible

Cons

• Not so user-friendly for the new users, not welcoming interface
• May be difficult to get users involved

Example

• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330329

General Comments

PartnerFate

Pros

Cons

General Comments

• Let us test when it comes around
• looks more business like, but may be some theming can be done to make it livelier

Wiki

Pros

• We have the infrastructure readily availabl
• Developers and longtime users are familiar with it

Cons

• Features like discussion, voting, assigning etc. not available or would be cumbersome to implement
• Maintenance may become a bit steep task
• Interface is not very conductive for brainstorming/discussion/task tracking

Example

• http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Ideas (Go down to "Difficult to add new applets to panel")

General Comments

• There could be wikimedia plugins that might be available or can be developed for our purpose.

idea.opensuse.org

Pros

• It is available
• Most of the features we require is already in it
• We have expertise(Garret) required to customize it for us
• It is based on Dokuwiki so has a solid base

Cons

• Needs some work to tailor it exactly as we need
• Maintenance may become a bit steep task

Example

• http://idea.opensuse.org/content/ideas/difficult-to-add-new-applets-to-panel

General Comments

• I think the only customization needed is when creating the idea. It'd be great to have a wizard like interface instead of having the user manually read through the comments on how to tag the idea etc. --mboman 21:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• What's required as far as maintenance is concerned? --mboman 21:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• A. Removing invalid and unattended feature requests, marking feature request that are completed. There is tagging, but it is not obvious and easy to use, there is no list of all the available tags, Done and done may become two different tags. --CyberOrg 17:30, 11 October 2007 IST
• Cons: no notification on updates on an idea (and: no, the RSS feed isn't really usable) --Christian Boltz 23:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)