"IdeaPool" wiki page, active ?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 03:00:30AM +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> Hello, beloved Ubuntu devs,
> 
> I just saw mdz's call for specs on devel-announce, for the coming Edgy+1
> UDS. I have ideas for future Ubuntu versions, but too vague too warrant
> a spec, really just an idea. 
> I found this page on the wiki:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IdeaPool
> 
> where normal users can throw there random thoughts about
> possible improvements. Looks like the ideal place for me to put my
> ideas.
> But, since there are a million and one page in the wiki... is this page
> actually "official", do the devs know about it, do you actually look at
> it before every summit, to come up for ideas for specs ? Or are these
> ideas just lost in cyberspace hence plain useless ?

They're not lost, but the development team doesn't pay particular attention
to that page.  There is no shortage of ideas for how to improve Ubuntu, and
many of those listed on that page are already implemented, are obsolete,
aren't technically sound, aren't explained clearly, or are out of scope for
Ubuntu.

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 - mdz