On Wed, April 19, 2006 10:32 am, Dan Kegel said:
Sounds good to me. It can even be a condition of completion (and thus of payment).
Absolutely. I think a fundamental portion of the value derived from someone investigating a topic is the context gained by the person. Lots of times it is more important than the code that is generated. If we don't get a full and accurate dump (in the form of a post-mortem) we lose that context, which means that a lot of the effort is wasted, and moreover, the chances of someone continuing the work are drastically diminished.
The end result is significant lower value for Wine. This is why we should make it very clear from the beginning that we expect a proper report at the end, nicely integrated in the Wiki, so that others can learn and maybe continue the project in the future.
In fact, I think that people should make notes on the Wiki as they go along. I have doubts that we'll get a full report at the very end otherwise.