It's not really bugday 2.5.3 (more like at least 80+ for me, at least) but to celebrate all the hard work the devels have been doing to stabilize GNOME 2.5, it's probably time to either help them out by cleaning out bugzilla or by filling up their inboxes with love.[1] What is this thing you call 'bug day'? ====================================== Bug day is a day we get together and eat deep fried locusts.[2] Actually, not really- it's a day we get together and find bugs and clean bugzilla so that developers can get more work done. They need all the help they can get, since I'm told our developers are generally stoned.[3] Who can help at a bug day? ========================== Virtually anyone. Bug day can be for the very timid, the very quiet, or the very persistent. Mostly what you need is a decent grasp of English, a user-level knowledge of GNOME, and 30 or so minutes of the day. You /don't/ need to have any programming ability, any prior experience with QA, or even a deep understanding of GNOME. On the other hand, if you do have programming ability, it's also a great way to get involved- after a few bug days, you can figure out what needs help in gnome quickly and apply your talents there, like esteemed gnome luminaries aes and shaunm. I'm sold- it sounds like the greatest thing ever[4]- how do I join? =================================================================== Bug day is from 8:30AM EST to 8:30PMEST tomorrow (Thursday)- that's 13:30UTC->01:30UTC. http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=5&month=2&year=2004&hour=8&min=30&sec=0&p1=179 Join us in #bugs on irc.gnome.org during that time, and we'll chill and share the bugzilla love. Luis, this was the second greatest bugday announcement[5] of all time, but I still have questions. ================================= Thanks for the compliment. The FAQ is here: http://developer.gnome.org/projects/bugsquad/triage/faq.html See you all tomorrow: Luis All important footnotes: ======================== [1] love, for the purposes of this exercise, being defined as 'bugzilla mail.' It's really a great definition, in my mind, since that makes me like the most loved person on the planet. Which isn't bad, right? [2] http://thaibugs.com/edible%20insects.htm [3] http://www.illusionary.com/GNOMEvKDE.html [4] http://www.cafeshops.com/tarnished.9454841 <- Project Utopia is actually the greatest thing ever, but Bug Day is close [5]http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-love/2002-December/msg00001.html It's a Kubrick reference. It wins. Completely. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
