On 01/09/2013 12:02 PM, Quim Gil wrote: > Andre and me learned yesterday from Sumana that bug days were held > previously on a weekly basis. This might complicate things, although > maybe actually not. A possibility: > > 1. Pick a day e.g. "Thursday is Bug Day!" > > 2. Find a small task / area in Bugzilla e.g. "Let's clean MediaWiki > Extensions >> Drafts" > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=172051&resolution=---&resolution=LATER&query_format=advanced&component=Drafts&product=MediaWiki%20extensions > > > 3. Take a chat room less noisy than #mediawiki, or create one just for > the occasion.
#wikimedia-dev is usually best, in my experience. > 4. Define a list of nicknames you, Andre, etc (and their availability > that day. Define also 4 hours of higher intensity where all of you will > be there and focusing on the Bug Day activity. > > 5. Announce the day before to wikitech-l, mediawiki-l and optionally to > any other relevant list. A few days before, please! > 6. Keep all this up to date at > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Meeting_preparations or > the alternative page of your choice. > > It feels like more work, but then again choosing smaller topics is > easier and if a week goes meh then it's not a big deal. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Meeting_preparations does hold nearly all these best practices -- and if anything's missing, yes, please add it. Looking forward to more bug triage events (and, very importantly, FOLLOWUP on those triages, especially where individuals said "sure, I'll fix that"). -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
