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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

" So I'd probably start off by getting rid of all the technical debt we
might have accumulated in the race to release and getting some tools to
manage the increased complexity we're facing, e.g. unifying the way CMake
works, providing better code documentation, adding some automated testing,
etc."

I'm so proud I could cry. *tear*. I support this message.
On Aug 25, 2013 6:49 AM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" <
sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yay, bike shedding! Wait for me!
>
> AFAIR the original plan was to use gods from the same pantheon for any
> given series, Roman for the 0.x series specifically, hence the name of the
> DE - Pantheon. So I looked for suitable Roman deities and I think I've
> found a great one.
>
> Continuing the trend, she's a Roman deity and has a celestial body in the
> Solar system named after her. What's more, according to a myth that was
> very widespread in late antiquity, she eventually moved to Egypt and became
> Isis!
>
> Behold Io! The Roman Isis that comes with a celestial body and a domain
> name hack!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28mythology%29
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28moon%29
>
> By the way, turns out http://elementary.io is already registered by
> Cassidy and currently redirects to elementaryos.org, so I feel like this
> was the plan all along.
>
> As for development, we have ~8 months till release, so this is going to be
> an iterative cycle. We're obviously not going for Wayland or Mir or
> anything equally new and fancy because that technology is not yet baked and
> will not be on par with the time-proven base by 14.04. It does look like
> we'll have another huge migration on our hands after that, though.
>
> So I'd probably start off by getting rid of all the technical debt we
> might have accumulated in the race to release and getting some tools to
> manage the increased complexity we're facing, e.g. unifying the way CMake
> works, providing better code documentation, adding some automated testing,
> etc.
>
> Next, since we're making an iterative cycle, I'd stop acting and start
> reacting. Like, make a list of things that people have trouble with in Luna
> and fix them. I have compiled an [incomplete] list of gripes people seem to
> have with Luna. Maybe we should run some user testing and see what causes
> issues?
>
> We can't afford organized user testing, but we could reach out to the
> community - say, provide people with testing methodology and ask people who
> spread elementary OS to carry out the testing and send in the results. Like
> run a user testing sprint to identify the issues the target audience has,
> and fix them. Sounds like a plan!
>
> Long live Io!
>
> --
> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
> OS architect @ elementary
>
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