Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
> On 12/6/06, Lakin Wecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am also interested in helping with this situation.  I've run into quite a 
>> few patches that are reportedly working for some people.    How do we help 
>> get these triaged?
> 

> A well triaged patch has the following characteristics:
> 
> - A clear, consise description of the problem
> 
> - A clear, concise set of conditions and instructions for consistently
> replicating the problem
> 
> - A brief discussion of the merits of any alternatives for fixing the problem
> 
> - A patch that meets Django's coding guidelines
> 
> - If the patch is non-trivial [1], evidence that there has been
> discussion on django-developers on the alternatives.
> 
>  - A regression test to prevent the problem in the future

This is a very useful guideline. Maybe it should be incorporated into
the doc on contributing[0]?

> So - if you want to help, jump right in. Pick a problem and triage it.

How do we avoid duplicating work? I'm not sure if it is necessary, but
it could be useful to leave a message on a ticket when people start
working on it.

[0] http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/contributing/

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