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[Olof Bjarnason <olof.bjarnason@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/8/17 Charlie Poole <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Olof,
>
> Launchpad "Blueprints" encapsulate the metadata needed to track
> things like specifications. They manage dependencies, relation
> to milestones and releases, status, etc.
>
> The actual content could be a specification, a user story, etc.
> It's kept elsewhere, usually a wiki, and the blueprint contains
> a link to it. The only real content in the blueprint is the
> "Whiteboard" which allows you to make notes of current status,
> progress, obstactles, etc.
>
> So far, all our Blueprints have been rudimentary, because we
> didn't have a place to write the full story. I installed the
> wiki primarily for that reason, although we're only just
> getting to it .

Ahh OK. I thought the wiki was for "online docs" of NUnit sort of plus
maybe a little user contributed matters like tutorials and stuff.

Until tomorrow,

>
> Charlie
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Olof Bjarnason [mailto:olof.bjarnason@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:15 PM
>> To: Charlie Poole
>> Cc: nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Nunit-dev] Blueprint format
>>
>> Umm I'm not following anymore.
>>
>> Is the wiki used for 'blueprints' today..? And we are
>> migrating to Launchpads "blueprint" system?
>>
>> I hadn't seen the blueprints-thing on the wiki - and it seems
>> to be offline at the moment.
>>
>> Keep evolving! This is fun.
>>
>> 2009/8/17 Charlie Poole <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi Olof,
>> >
>> > I've been thinking about some critical blueprints I have to
>> write, but
>> > now I think I should put that aside and do a few rather
>> easy ones, so
>> > we can discuss format. :-)
>> >
>> > Feel free to create any you are interested in yourself - it doesn't
>> > take any special launchpad authority and I just made sure you could
>> > write under :dev:specs in the wiki.
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Olof Bjarnason [mailto:olof.bjarnason@xxxxxxxxx]
>> >> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 10:58 AM
>> >> To: Charlie Poole
>> >> Cc: Andreas Schlapsi; nunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: Re: [Nunit-dev] Blueprint format
>> >>
>> >> 2009/8/17 Charlie Poole <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >> > Hi Olof,
>> >> >
>> >> >> Sound OK to me, although I find the separation of "design"
>> >> >> and "implementation" somewhat strange.. To me they are the
>> >> same thing.
>> >> >
>> >> > Maybe the words are wrong.
>> >> >
>> >> >> Here's an attempt..
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Summary
>> >> >> Rationale
>> >> >> Usage examples
>> >> >
>> >> > User stories?
>> >>
>> >> Wording is so hard! :)
>> >>
>> >> I meant what you seem to be meaning with "Design" - the public API.
>> >>
>> >> Even more to the point: I meant examples of the usage of
>> the proposed
>> >> new feature, as in how it would look to the end user, in code.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >> Design suggestions
>> >> >
>> >> > If this is a specification, then suggestions doesn't seem
>> >> to make much
>> >> > sense. Maybe you are thinking that the design may be
>> implemented by
>> >> > somebody other than the author of the blueprint, and you
>> >> don't want to
>> >> > lock them down too much. In that case, I would say only
>> put in what
>> >> > needs to be specified and leave out everything else.
>> >>
>> >> Yes suggestions was meant as "hints on implementation".
>> But I'm not
>> >> quite fond of this as it suggests things that ought to be left for
>> >> later (after writing the first test!).
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >> Unresolved issues
>> >> >
>> >> > This could be a transient heading untill things are
>> >> actually resolved.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm still not sure about implementation - maybe we need
>> it for some
>> >> > specs. For example, we may decide to release a feature in
>> >> stages and
>> >> > we would want that as part of an implementation plan.
>> Certainly, we
>> >> > don't need a section that tells us how to code it.
>> >>
>> >> I think I like your later suggestion on this thread - wait with
>> >> anything "template:ish" and in general, be liberal.
>> >>
>> >> With that said - I wouldn't mind if the "start here templete"
>> >> would adhere to the development style of 90% of the NUnit
>> developers
>> >> (I
>> >> guess): TDD. So instead if talking of details, just explain via
>> >> examples.
>> >>
>> >> Examples + rationale are the only important stuff I think ..
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Charlie
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Andreas
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
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