On 06/23/2011 08:50 AM, Brendan Donegan wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Brendan Donegan and I've been a member of the Ubuntu Bug > Squad for just a week or so, but have been triaging bugs in Ubuntu and > other projects since I began working for Canonical. I have been a > regular participant in Bug Days for the past month and have contributed > as much as possible in the time I have. I think that I'm ready to have > the extra responsibility that being a member of Bug Control entails. > > _Application_ > > * Do you promise to be polite to bug reporters even if they are rude to > you or Ubuntu? Have you signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct? > > Of course :) I have signed the Code of Conduct as well > (https://launchpad.net/~brendan-donegan/+codesofconduct) > > * Have you read Bugs/HowToTriage, Bugs/Assignment, Bugs/Status and > Bugs/Importance? Do you have any questions about that documentation? > > I have read and understood all the documentation, which I hope my > example bug reports confirm. I use the definitions in Bugs/Importance > when suggesting an importance in #ubuntu-bugs > > * What sensitive data should you look for in a private Apport crash > report bug before making it public? See Bugs/HowToTriage for more > information. > > This would be anything personal to the user such as passwords or > personal details, account numbers etc. I should also check that no Core > Dump is attached to the bug. > > * Is there a particular package or group of packages that you are > interested in helping out with? > > I tend to be broadly interested due to my background as a QA engineer, I > don't feel very 'domain-specific' by nature. I try my best to help out > with as many packages as possible, though Bug Days help to provide focus > when needed. > > * Please list five or more bug reports which you have triaged and > include an explanation of your decisions. Please note that these bugs > should be representative of your very best work and they should > demonstrate your understanding of the triage process and how to properly > handle bugs. For all the bugs in the list, please indicate what > importance you would give it and explain the reasoning. Please use urls > in your list of bugs. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/786505 > > Confirmed the bug and requested the Importance be set to Medium as a > 'usability issue affecting a core application' > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evolution/+bug/500913 > > Confirmed this bug as still occuring in Natty and located and linked the > upstream bug report in Gnome Bugzilla > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/537831 > > Added a comment giving some extra details about behavior in Natty and > created and linked the upstream bug report in Gnome Bugzilla > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/754128 > > Confirmed, asked for priority to be set to Medium and linked to the > upstream bug report in Gnome Bugzilla. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/793291 > > Confirmed, requested the Importance be set to Low as the problem is an > extreme corner case and upstreamed the bug to Compiz bug tracker. Also > did some investigation to provide a more accurate description of the > problem. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/799077 > > Confirmed, then raised (and linked) an upstream bug in Gnome Bugzilla > and asked for the bug to be set to Low importance, as it is a cosmetic > issue that doesn't affect functionality or usability of Unity. > > As a supplement to my application I would also like to point out that I > am doing my 5 a day on a regular basis now, so I am getting regular > practice (I am on a 10 day streak right now, which may be more by the > time the application is considered). > > Thanks for paying attention to my application and I hope I can be > accepted as a member of Ubuntu Bug Control. >
Hello Brendan, This all looks good to me. The only comment I have is to be more proactive in clarifying titles and descriptions. I fixed the title of [1] since it was misleading after the true bug was found. I think you would be a valuable member. +1 [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/537831 Regards, David _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
