New dates for user meetings

[Christian Robottom Reis]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 10:51:33AM -0400, Curtis Hovey wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 15:09 +0100, Matthew Revell wrote:
> > I'd like to make the Launchpad Users meeting a regular part of the 
> > Launchpad development cycle.
> > 
> > I'm not sure when would be the best time, though. The options, as I see 
> > it, are Monday week 4 or Wednesday week 1.
> > 
> > Pros and cons:
> > 
> > Monday week 4: second opportunity to communicate what changes are coming 
> > up. Close enough to release date that it will be fresh in people's 
> > minds. Too close to release date for any changes to take place in 
> > response to feedback, so must be informational only.
> 
> Week four is best. Launchpad developers are not just testing the
> features of the imminent release, they are starting the next release. I
> think we want users prepared to try the new features and to report bugs
> if problems are found. I think users should also be watching the bugs we
> are working on for the next release.

I only think Week 1 is best because ComingFeatures is actually available
then, and it's going to be hard to expect users understand what we're
doing just from our milestone listings and bug reports.
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