[WG: Sakai QA] [sakai-pmc] Proposal - By default we should turn on new features in Sakai 10

[Steve Swinsburg]

+1, new features should be on by default instead of off by default (unless
performance etc issues arise)


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:

> [sakai-dev, sakai-pmc, sakai-qa]
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> I’m not sure if this needs a proposal or not, but seems like a good idea
> to put this out in the community and get a discussion going.
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> Proposal:
> By default we should plan on turning on all new features for Sakai 10 in
> source code, by default, except for features with performance or security
> concerns, or settings which are too ambiguous to guess at a standard need
> across institutions.
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> Rationale:
> New features are more likely to be QA tested and adopted if they are
> turned on. Institutions are therefore more likely to reap the benefit of
> the work put into developing the feature, and we are more likely to improve
> the quality of the feature over time, since more institutions, by default,
> will be using it.
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> Implications
> Our current process is that the defaults are set in source code and
> documentation is added to default.sakai.properties, the place where the
> property can be set to override default behavior. This proposal does not
> change the current process for adding properties to Sakai. It will still be
> easy for any given institution to turn off a feature they don’t want by
> setting the value they need in sakai.properties or local.properties (which
> I believe is recommended and best practice).
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> For Sakai 10 we are documenting which features to turn on [1]. Essentially
> we are using the criteria in this proposal as our lens for our
> recommendations already.
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> Community input and Decision making:
> A material objection raised by a Sakai PMC member will block this
> proposal.  Other opinions are welcome, indeed encouraged.  Silence equals
> consent. Input must be received by Monday, December 16, close of business,
> your time zone.
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> [1] - https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-23912
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> Thanks,
> Neal
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> Neal Caidin
> Sakai Community Coordinator
> neal.caidin at apereo.org
> Skype: nealkdin
> Twitter: ncaidin
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