I'd like to offload some of the admin stuff for the bug system. I don't know how Guy (the other admin of the bug system) feels, but I'd like to reduce the amount of time I spend running the bug system.
So, I'd like one or two volunteers to take over some or all of the following tasks: 1. Reading and responding to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail. Usually this is routine, and just means you have to mail people saying `you sent this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when [EMAIL PROTECTED] was not the right place'. Many messages are followups of various kinds to bug reports, and there are occasional messages with instructions for [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent there too. This is not a technically skilled job, but some familiarity with the Debian Project's organisation would be necessary. 2. Actual administration and maintenance of the bug system. This does not need to include software development - I'm still the upstream maintainer of the bug system. However, it does include sorting out the occasional mess caused by difficulties with master, etc. (this is almost always reported by cron mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]), and installing new versions as they become available - and perhaps making minor changes and feeding them back upstream to me. This person needs to be reasonably competent, but doesn't have to be a deep perl4/perl5 wizard. I might need to write up a brief description of how the bug system works internally if they can't figure it out. This person needs to read most [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail, but if they're not the person doing 1. then they don't need to do anything about it. 3. Obviously additional development of the bug system would be good. This can be done either by the person doing 2., or independently. In any case the patches generated need to be sent upstream to me. Current tasks include: * Indices of bugs by submitter. * Implement `interested list' for each bug. * Given `interested list', a way to submit a bug that puts you on the interested list, so that you get notified of any status change and not just closure. The person who does this needs to be very familiar with perl4, perl5 and also be a reasonable m4 programmer. If they plan to modify the mail-handling system substantially they need to be very experienced with writing email-handling bots. Thanks, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]