Proposal - Ubuntu-AU BugJams

brett karmic at scentient.com.au
Tue May 18 15:56:30 BST 2010


On Mon, 17 May 2010 23:59:34 +1000
Mitch Towner <mitch.towner.ubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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.


I understand how this supports Ubuntu, I don't understand how this promotes Ubuntu to the wider, non-Ubuntu community. I think it is a great idea and everyone, regardless of tech-spec, should get involved/be welcomed into the fold, but I don't think it is a prime objective of a LoCo.

jmo



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