Folks,
I got reminded the other day that we have a full, working RT installation (as everyone's probably noticed with the tickets that fly past on occasion) and, well, we ought to use it. What I'm going to start doing is putting in tickets for the tasks that need doing, that way they don't get forgotten, and so we've a place to track discussion and whatnot on them as need be. Also this way anyone who wants to claim a task can grab a ticket, which'll be good. More user tracking.
What I'd like is for a volunteer or two to manage the todo queue. Nothing fancy, just be there to assign todo list items to the folks that volunteer, make sure they're closed out when done, and reassign them if whoever's handling a task needs to bail for whatever reason.
Since anyone with a perl.org account can participate in RT activity (as far as I know) all you'll need to do this (be a ticket manager or take a todo list) is sign up at http://bugs6.perl.org and follow the "create or modify your perl.org account" link.
Having managed to fish a few lurkers out of the woodwork I can confirm 13 lurkers on this list and most would like to get involved in some way. I am sure there are more but they are playing possum at the moment ;-). We already have the string documentation being overhalued (Go Robert).
If there are any more of you guys lurking speak up and for those that want to help the Request Tracking (RT) System would be a great place to start. If a couple of you want to take it on get yourself a perl.org account at the following place.
http://dev.x.perl.org/auth/account
Then when you have registered go here
http://bugs6.perl.org
Have a look at the RT system to see if there is anything on it at the moment that you would like to take on.
An important task at the moment is to start chasing these tasks up to see what state they are in or if they have been closed etc. Most of the tasks are over 6 months old so I imagine a lot of the bugs are no longer relevant.
If Dan is going to be adding tasks to the RT system in the future then it will also be a good place to get involved with stuff as it comes up.
Harry
