[Development] QCS2016 Session Notes - QUIPs for Qt

[Marco Bubke]

On November 20, 2016 20:39:08 Giuseppe D'Angelo <dangelog at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Oswald Buddenhagen
> <oswald.buddenhagen at qt.io> wrote:
>> the repository has been created.
>
> I would also like to point out that, despite we have a repository, we
> still don't have a tool for properly discussing the actual content of
> QUIPs.
>
> * Gerrit does not work because comments cannot be threaded, they don't
> stick to multiple reviews, and they can be ignored
> * Email does not work (it may work for the overall direction, but not
> for the in depth discussion) because a single message may cover
> multiple discussion points, disrupting the threading, and discussion
> points can get ignored (*)
>
> Any idea to how to actually make this work? Try reviewboard maybe?
>
> My 2 cents,
> -- 
> Giuseppe D'Angelo
>
>
> (*) This still happens all the time. User A proposes something; user B
> replies with "I don't think it works in scenarios X, Y, Z"; user A
> counter-replies "but Z is not a scenario we consider" and the
> discussion derails about Z. Noone talks about X and Y, which instead
> *must* be talked about, for the proposal to be accepted. We need
> something that makes it impossible to ignore the comment about X and
> Y.

Do you think about a wiki where you can comment? I think you want something with the capability to describe, comment,  argument and poll with a version history. Like you described email is a terrible tool for it. 


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