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[Brian Fromme <brian.fromme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 07 December 2009 01:08:28 am Michael Nelson wrote:
> 
> For 3.0 I tried really hard to have the PPA UI redesign process completely
> open. This involved setting up a wiki page that identified the core problem,
> and an outline of some initial solutions at:
> 
> https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionThreeDotO/Soyuz/PPAUI
> 
> then emailing the dev list and iteratively updating/deprecating ideas on the
> wiki page based on the feedback provided by people (some people providing
> their own screen shots etc.).
> 
> I also collected all the relevant input at:
> 
> https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionThreeDotO/Soyuz/PPAUI/Inputs
> 
> so that it would be possible for someone else who hasn't been a part of the
> original conversation to see all the inputs (from IRC, email, etc.) in the
> one spot.
> 
> Personally, the process itself was invaluable to me (in terms of getting
> lots of information directly from people using PPAs on a daily basis, as
> well as balancing different needs - long-term packagers versus new PPA users
> with little packaging experience). On the other hand, it did take quite an
> effort to keep it up to date during the process, but IMO that was worth it.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Michael

Hi Michael,

I see that this can be more work, but I really like where you are going with this.  Besides just being more open, I like that you are getting some real customer feedback early in the process.  Also, having some documents on a piece of work, particularly a more significant effort is always worth it, IMHO, even if these do get out of date over time.

 thanks.
 Brian