Proposal - Ubuntu-AU BugJams

[MoLE]

Count me in for the bug jam

On 5/19/10, brett <karmic at scentient.com.au> wrote:
> 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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