[Dev] Dogfooding Chandler

[Sheila Mooney]

I have been also been dogfooding the calendar (since about M5),  
keeping in mind that certain features were not complete. I second  
Philippe in saying that it's really important to log bugs. I think  
the design list is appropriate for any discussion items.

On Sep 28, 2005, at 1:00 PM, Philippe Bossut wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I said it to quite a few of you and now I'm announcing it: I  
> started to dogfood Chandler seriously since Friday September 23rd!
>
> So far, I'm fairly happy with it though I ran through a couple of  
> crashers that I carefully walk around in my daily usage. But  
> despite the bugs, the great news is: Chandler is rapidly becoming  
> usable, there's nothing I was doing with iCal I found myself not  
> being able to do in Chandler, I can save my data (in .ics) and read  
> them back with no loss. This last aspect is of course paramount  
> when dogfooding and I'm glad to report I  haven't lost anything  
> since Friday (knocking on wood...).
>
> So, what does it mean to "dogfood" Chandler?
> - Stop using iCal and run Chandler exclusively: I know it's hard to  
> get rid of old habits but, if it's hard for us, just think about  
> how it will feel for others outside OSAF.
> - Take notes of every behavior or issue you find when running  
> Chandler: mild annoyances, UI defect that bug you, anything that  
> make you want to leave Chandler and start iCal again... Those are  
> things that are not necessarily bugs and that you may want to  
> discuss with someone on the team (idea: should we have a "dogfood"  
> mailing list to discuss such issues? Is there an existing mailing  
> list that would be appropriate for  that kind of discussion?)
> - Report bugs in Bugzilla religiously: don't just send an e-mail  
> out and hope someone else will track the problem...
> I've been logging quite a few bugs since Friday but don't feel bad  
> about it: this is exactly where we should be right now.
>
> I encourage everybody in the Dev group to start dogfooding. This is  
> important we get some mileage among ourselves and feel confortable  
> with the application before we roll it out to non-dev type within  
> the organization (i.e. Esther to handle our Office calendar) and,  
> later, to the World.
>
> I know: after years of development it feels strange that some  
> people may actually use our stuff but this day is actually really  
> really close now... and it's a pretty exciting place to be... :)
>
> Cheers,
> - Philippe
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