Blogging Roller

It's good for the Java world to have a solid blog alternative, I hope for more great things from Roller! [Roller 0.9.5 - Rebelutionary]

What with everyone talking about SnipSnap I'm wondering if we should strive to have the same features (me too, me too) or if there are avenues where we can strike some innovation. So far the Roadmap reads either like a list of "things Roller must have to be a real blogger tool" or a list of "things Roller must do because others have done them." Which do we want to be? [ Lance Lavandowska - Roller wins praise]

Those are good questions. If you are interested in using or working on Roller, I'd be interested in hearing your answers to the following questions:

I'd like Roller to be a great weblogging system, website builder, an innovative communications tool, and a J2EE best-practices example app. Wiki features certainly fit into that sort of charter. But Roller's direction is going to be determined by what I and other contributors are motivated to do, which brings me to question #2:

Right now, I'm motivated to work on the newsfeed aggregator, to add a simple commenting system, and to add trackback-like referrer tracking. What about you?

The Roller roadmap is my answer to this question, but the roadmap is really more of an unprioritized wish-list. Help us build and prioritize the roadmap by letting us know what you wish for in Roller.