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Well, to quickly summarize the main reasons, we could say: | Well, to quickly summarize the main reasons, we could say: | ||
* There is nothing more frustrating than working on a patch which will get no attention and will remain in the review queue for months, if not for years. Having clear objectives about what we want in the coming months will permit us to avoid such unfortunate situations. If we want something, we won't let it languish in the queue for months. | * There is nothing more frustrating than working on a patch which will get no attention and will remain in the review queue for months, if not for years. Having clear objectives about what we want in the coming months will permit us to avoid such unfortunate situations. If we want something, we won't let it languish in the queue for months. | ||
* Everyone is busy, but everyone wants to see things being done, and preferably as quickly as possible. Having clear objectives will make our work more efficient, as we know where the few free hours we have for writing patches will be most useful. This follows closely from the previous point, and we mention it here | * Everyone is busy, but everyone wants to see things being done, and preferably as quickly as possible. Having clear objectives will make our work more efficient, as we know where the few free hours we have for writing patches will be most useful. This follows closely from the previous point, and we mention it here because we want to use our precious free time efficiently. | ||
* Having deadlines and assigned developers will also offer a better coordination between developers. Working on some fields which conflict with someone else's work is again a waste of time, and having to unbitrot patches may take as long as writing the patch for the first time. Also, having an assigned developer per field should help in getting the work done, especially if this developer is a reviewer too. Indeed, ''assigned'' doesn't mean that he has to do the job alone, but that he is the person to contact when someone is interested in helping. He should also be able to say what work remains in the area of responsibility, and how far we are along in the process. | * Having deadlines and assigned developers will also offer a better coordination between developers. Working on some fields which conflict with someone else's work is again a waste of time, and having to unbitrot patches may take as long as writing the patch for the first time. Also, having an assigned developer per field should help in getting the work done, especially if this developer is a reviewer too. Indeed, ''assigned'' doesn't mean that he has to do the job alone, but that he is the person to contact when someone is interested in helping. He should also be able to say what work remains in the area of responsibility, and how far we are along in the process. | ||