On 18 May 2010 00:13, Ryan Macnish <nis...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Im certainly interested in this idea, its easy to do, helps ubuntu out, and > helps the ubuntu-au members to get to know each other. Although iv never > triaged a bug before, im willing to give it a shot and help others in the > process. > Ryan Macnish > >> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 23:59:34 +1000 >> From: mitch.towner.ubu...@gmail.com >> To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com >> Subject: Proposal - Ubuntu-AU BugJams >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> In the IRC meeting it was agreed that we need to work together >> collaboratively. One thing that we can do together is have an online >> BugJam. This basically entails working together as a team on helping to >> improve bug reports in Ubuntu's bug tracker - Launchpad [1]. If there is >> enough interest/participation, Ubuntu-AU BugJams would initially be >> every 2 months with the possibility or changing it to once a month in >> the future. >> >> Many "not-so-technically-minded" people tend to shy away from this idea, >> however it is actually easier to help out than it sounds! The whole idea >> of "bug triage" is to improve bug reports. This can be performed in many >> different ways. >> >> A *large* percentage of the bugs triagers have to deal with are not >> assigned to the right package - a fair number do not have any package >> assigned to them at all! One of the easiest ways to get involved in bug >> triage is to simply look at [2] (a list of bugs that are not assigned to >> a package) & assigning the bug report to the right package. Currently >> there are 3165 bugs that need to be assigned to the right package. A >> great resource that helps with this is [3]. There are also plenty of >> helpful & friendly people in the #ubuntu-bugs IRC channel channel [4] >> who are willing to offer assistance with trying to find the correct >> package for a bug report. >> >> Another way that people who are new to bug triage can help out is by >> confirming bugs are still valid by trying to reproduce them with the >> latest version of the package that the bug is reported against. A good >> way to get started with confirming bug reports is to focus on a package >> that you are familiar with. Try to reproduce bug reports filed against >> an older version of the package to see if the issue still exists in the >> latest version of the package. Go to [5] to search for bugs in a >> specific package. >> >> More detailed Bug Triage information can be found in the Bug Squad >> Knowledge Base [6] & the "How to Triage" wiki page [7]. >> >> For those interested in participating in an Ubuntu-AU BugJam, please >> reply to this list. Once we get an idea of the number of people >> interested in participating, we can organise finer details such as a >> date, if an online "how to triage" class would be beneficial, if people >> who are local should meet face-to-face & have everyone collaborate >> online, etc, etc. >> >> >> >> [1] https://launchpad.net/ >> [2] http://is.gd/bWXr8 >> [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage >> [4] http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-bugs >> [5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ >> [6] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/KnowledgeBase >> [7] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJL8Uu/AAoJENegJk0fbKNMnucIAILaw7ch4Se3602Eywc8xIf9 >> cU8gMWx1WJ1xHiBs++2U/2NFjjCVPVD19IUQfwhd0Acm+obwVGqQvPIGK0IzQUtX >> ALJdjHcWGhh/PbpWS/PaRj0nw5Iw0I/Qn9+rb1DZNqJTmEVIVxcv7COuEetL1C82 >> 5/8kMYrGUIoQn3R7UVdoeNTbmmt4rs2kVEVDSCoibPEEmX3RNiMoGCEJr/BrzmwV >> 5WUpAab/DPzWyGqzGRcpPa1JNhPdFaDhEBiEuo3/Fjt1XcX+CluRi+JQ06utqxiV >> s1gQsj2zLer2hHa1A7d36fvc8LqvefNv2iqr0yxAO9tbRbsa7YNIQfteyJ0gwDA= >> =GiDS >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > ________________________________ > Find it at CarPoint.com.au New, Used, Demo, Dealer or Private? > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
Sounds like a great idea. I would definitely be interested in this sort of activity, work roster permitting (I'm a shift worker). Regards, Jared Norris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
