Re: [LOSTWAGES] Add regedit janitorial project

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Mike McCormack wrote:
> ChangeLog:
> * Add regedit janitorial project
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Janitorial Projects
>
> Any self respecting project has a Janitorial project (e.g. Kernel 
> Janitor's List <http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org>), and it's high time 
> that we have one too. What is there to clean up? Well, lots of things! :)
>
> Regedit fixes
>
> Regedit lacks a few features. We need to improve regedit to:
>
> * Allow display and editting of binary (REG_BINARY) values.
>     * Allow display and editting of multi-string (REG_SZ_MULTI) values.
>     * Import registry files regerated by Windows 2000 regedit

Are you sure this is a janitorial project? It sounds to me more like a 
normal development work and not janitorial. It would better fit into 
"tasks" or the "todo" lists.

bye
	michael
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[LOSTWAGES] Add regedit janitorial project

[Mike McCormack]

Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
> > Regedit lacks a few features. We need to improve regedit to:
> >
> > * Allow display and editting of binary (REG_BINARY) values.
> >     * Allow display and editting of multi-string (REG_SZ_MULTI) values.
> >     * Import registry files regerated by Windows 2000 regedit
>
> Are you sure this is a janitorial project? It sounds to me more like a 
> normal development work and not janitorial. It would better fit into 
> "tasks" or the "todo" lists.

Well, it seems pretty easy and light-weight.  It's not exactly 
janitorial, but it's an entry-level task, as opposed to the heavy duty 
stuff in "Fun Projects" and goal oriented stuff in Tasks.

The people who I want to find it will be looking in "Janitorial".  I'm 
trying to create a list of stuff that people can pick up and do in a few 
days, and keep it updated.  Janitorial seems to be the appropriate place 
for that - in that it shares knowledge of stuff that needs to be done 
that is relatively self contained and/or easy with newcomers to the 
project so that people who are motivated can find something to do.

Mike

[LOSTWAGES] Add regedit janitorial project

[Steven Edwards]

--- Mike McCormack <mike(a)codeweavers.com> wrote:
> The people who I want to find it will be looking in "Janitorial".  I'm 
> trying to create a list of stuff that people can pick up and do in a few 
> days, and keep it updated.  Janitorial seems to be the appropriate place

Maybe we need to keep a list of weekend coder projects.

Thanks
Steven



		
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[LOSTWAGES] Add regedit janitorial project

[Mike McCormack]

Steven Edwards wrote:
> Maybe we need to keep a list of weekend coder projects.

The aim is to lower the barrier of entry to the project by pointing out 
very specific, focused taskes that newcomers with programming experience 
can do.

I think the Janitorial list is already a place where people can find 
work like that to do, which is why I added the regedit task there.

Mike

[LOSTWAGES] Add regedit janitorial project

[Francois Gouget]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Mike McCormack wrote:
> Steven Edwards wrote:
> > Maybe we need to keep a list of weekend coder projects.
>
> The aim is to lower the barrier of entry to the project by pointing out very 
> specific, focused taskes that newcomers with programming experience can do.

I had a slightly different vision of janitorial tasks. What you describe 
sounds very much like the 'Tasklets':

http://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_st...

But the wording is not what's important here.

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