Wow. I'm so out of practice I forgot to include details like 'where' and 'when' :) where: irc.gnome.org #bugs when: thursday, july 21st, 8am EST->7pm EST (or longer if another bugmaster can show up) That is 1200GMT->2300GMT, for the rest of the world :) Hope to see people there- Luis On 7/20/05, Luis Villa <luis.villa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Woot. > > It is that time of the week^Wmonth^Wyear where we gather on IRC and > take a hack at bugzilla in order to help make the next GNOME release > higher quality. It's obviously been a while since we had these > regularly (though there was a small one last week) and they are needed > :) > > So, some information for those who haven't heard of our bug days: > > What is this thing you call 'bug day'? > ========================== > > Bug day is a day we get together on IRC, find bugs, and clean bugzilla > so that developers can get more work done by focusing on bugs that > matter instead of duplicates, unconfirmable bugs, and things that > they've already closed. > > Who can help at a bug day? > ==================== > > Virtually anyone. Bug day can be for the very timid, the very quiet, > or the very persistent. > > You do need: > * decent ability to read English > * a user-level knowledge of GNOME > * 30 or so minutes of the day (the first time, after that you can do it > in very small chunks.) > > You don't need: > * any programming ability > * any prior experience with QA > * 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. > > What will we focus on? > ================ > > Focus this week will be on unconfirmed bugs- reading them, marking > them NEEDINFO if needed, confirming them if they are still in a newer > release, finding duplicates, etc. Easy and fun. > > Where can I get more information? > ========================= > > Bug days have a wiki page now: > http://live.gnome.org/Bugsquad/BugDays > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
