Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:28:13 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
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I'm thinking the Ick project is getting to the stage where it makes
sense to write down the stakeholders and requirements for Ick the
software. This will go on the website, and be living documents, not
fixed into an immutable state. It doesn't need to be formal or
grandiose, but it'll help us think and talk about the software in the
future.

Here's a start on stakeholders:

* USERS: Those who develop of projects, and need a CI or CD system for
  helping them do that. They will use an Ick hosted by a HOSTER (which
  might be themselves, wearing another hat).

* HOSTERS: Those who host Ick for others to use.

* CONTRIBUTORS: Those who contribute to Ick itself. This includes
  those who write code for Ick, or documentation, translate the
  software or documentation, those who support Ick users, etc.

Am I missing some group?

Here's a start on requiements:

* Ick should be free software.

* Ick should be "hostable": those interested in doing so, should be
  able to provide an Ick instance for other people to use, without
  having to truse those other people. Hosters should be able to charge
  money for hosting Ick.

* Users should be able to pick any Ick instance they trust, and
  migrate between instances. Ick users should feel safe that their
  projects, builds, and build artifacts are unaffected and secure from
  prying by other users.

* Ick should provide users with a secure way to store "secrets", such
  as SSH keys, PGP keys, and API access tokens, and use them securely
  in their projects, without the secrets leaking to other users.

* Ick should run builds reasonbly fast, without causing much overhead.

* Ick should be able to build different projects concurrently, whether
  for the same user or several.

* Ick should be able to build parts of a project concurrently, when
  the parts don't depend on each other.

I'm sure there's other requirements, and the above can be made more
clear and precise.

Comments? Please?

--=20
I want to build worthwhile things that might last. --joeyh

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