March 14, 2011

Attendees: Eric, Conrad, TomG, TomF, YZ

Action Items

• None

Items

1. Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) release
   • We support the last two releases of Apples OS's, so with the release of 10.7, we can discuss what to do about 10.5.
   • Normally, the next Chimera release (1.6) will be the last to support 10.5. However, this means we will be supporting the PowerPC platform for another year.
   • The consensus is that although 10.5 is probably still in widespread use, it is mostly on Intel platforms.
   • We will make 1.5.3 the last Chimera release to support PowerPC. 1.6 will support 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 on Intel platforms.
2. Tracking enhancement requests
   • TomG, after returning from the last meeting with hundreds of suggestions, proposes that we put enhancement requests into Trac (as opposed to a Wiki page that he maintained).
   • Eric uses his own home-brewed system and does not want to have yet another list.
   • The pros for Trac are that:
     • Everyone can find out what is on the list
     • Comments may be recorded for ideas, even if no code is written
     • It may help in generating release notes
     • Trac tools can help bring more organization (in contrast to wiki page)
   • The cons are that:
     • It is yet another list to maintain
     • The overhead of creating a Trac ticket is greater than adding a line to a document
     • Some ideas are not really ready to be documented in a full ticket
   • The consensus is to try using Trac for enhancement tracking and see whether it works or adds too much overhead.
   • Other Trac issues are:
     • It sends out too much mail. For example, when a ticket owner will get mail when he changes the priority of the ticket, even if he is the one making the change and the only person to get the mail.
     • We are not running the latest version of Trac.
     • Do we have the right set of components/categories for tickets?
     • Are there other effective ways to differentiate and group tickets other than categories (e.g., keywords)?
3. Meeting adjourned