Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking bugs for bugday?

[Ben de Groot]

On 27 February 2010 21:48, Mark Loeser <halcy0n@g.o> wrote:
> Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> said:
>> The last few times I've dropped into bugday, its been very quiet, which
>> suggests its in need of some tlc but maybe its just my timezone.
>
> Its been pretty much dead.  We need more developer involvement so users
> can actually talk to them and help resolve issues.  If we can't get
> enough developers to participate then we should just stop trying to do
> it instead of putting on such a poor showing.

I would like to be involved but not in the current disorganized form. Our
#gentoo-bugs channel topic still refers to the thoroughly outdated
bugsday.g.o page, and I can't edit either of them.

We need an easier interface to mark bugs to be tackled on bugday,
and I like Sebastian's proposal for that. The idea for the bugsday.g.o
page is good, but it needs to be brought up-to-date and accessible
to all devs. Low barriers to participation and all that. And even devs
who cannot take part on the day itself could participate by requesting
certain bugs or issues to be tackled.

Also, participating devs should get permission to commit easy fixes
for packages they don't maintain (the other thread about commit
policies is relevant here). Obviously issues that are more involved
need to be passed on to the proper maintainers.

I think if we can get a few devs and possibly some users together
to organize this in a better way, this could be useful. But if things
are to stay the way they are, then we better stop pretending.

Cheers,
-- 
Ben de Groot
Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc)
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