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The Linux roadmapThe Linux roadmapPosted Dec 9, 2004 9:13 UTC (Thu) by tomsi (subscriber, #2306)In reply to: The Linux roadmap by bryce Parent article: The Linux roadmap
I think that when you are making a product like yours, you will have an intended goal, and an idea of how to get there. It is then relatively easy to write a roadmap; except the time estimates, that is ;)
Also, The linux kernel is now so mature that it is more than good enough for most of us.
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The Linux roadmap Posted Dec 9, 2004 17:34 UTC (Thu) by bryce (subscriber, #16388) [Link] It's definitely true that with Inkscape the scope is a bit narrower,so coming up with a roadmap is a lot less intimidating a task than it would be for the kernel. However, we also have a lot of similar forces at work as the kernel does. The contributors tend to work on a range of things, things get worked out of order, stuff has to get postponed because no one is interested in working on them, etc. Thus, I wouldn't say that making the roadmap is an 'easy' task, but it can be done. The key I've found is that the development team really has to have good buy-in into it as a useful process, because much like documentation or bug tracking or formal testing it needs to have at least a modest amount of participation from the developers in order for it to function well.
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