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On 6/12/20 6:55 AM, Jaco Kroon wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Can we possibly include the concept of "helping to file bug reports" here? |
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> For example, I've got an issue (which hasn't annoyed me just quite |
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> enough yet to put effort in) where on bootup after xdm init script |
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> starts it takes ~2 minutes before slim login is displayed. But I don't |
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> know enough of the workings of that to even understand if this is an |
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> Xorg or slim (or dbus) bug ... |
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BugDay is not for creating bugs, its for squashing them. |
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You can create the bugs today and then if it is in one of the top voted |
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categories (old bugs, in this case) you might be able to convince interested |
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devs to target your specific ones. |
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Aisha |
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> Guessing #gentoo may also be of help in regards to the above, so this is |
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> really just a suggestion. Yes, it will generate more bugs, but |
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> hopefully the concept will allow for creating targeted bugs rather than |
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> overly generic difficult to trouble-shoot bugs. |
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> Kind Regards, |
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> Jaco |
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> On 2020/06/11 14:41, Aisha Tammy wrote: |
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>> # Gentoo BugDay |
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>> Come join us over at #gentoo-bugday on freenode IRC on the first Saturday of every month |
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>> to squash bugs and make Gentoo a bit more awesome. |
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>> You don't need to be a Gentoo developer or even a coder to help us on BugDay. |
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>> Our next BugDay is on 4th July 2020 and we have started making preparations for |
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>> selecting and prioritizing bug categories for that day. |
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>> ## Bug categories |
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>> The bug categories should be broad enough that there will be a lot of bugs being |
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>> targeted. |
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>> We keep a option poll open to everybody to help us narrow down the categories of bugs to focus. |
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>> The opinion poll is there to get an input from everyone about how to best tackle the |
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>> current bug situation and get an understanding of the community and developer priorities. |
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>> The poll is open at https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/Bugday_2020-07-04/ |
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>> Be sure to vote in the poll to get your opinion heard. |
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>> ## For developers |
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>> Even if you have never coded for Gentoo you can help us with your experience. |
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>> It's always valuable to have your experience to guide us. |
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>> Things to help with |
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>> - Find a related bug that piques your interest. |
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>> - Look at upstream if this has been reported to them. |
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>> - If not, make a bug report to the upstream developers. |
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>> - If they have already seen it, check if they have managed to patch it. |
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>> - If not, try to gather as much information as you can about the bug so that |
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>> it may help the developer tackling it. |
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>> - Alert us at #gentoo-bugday and interact with us to see if this can be squashed. |
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>> ## For users |
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>> Users are one of the most important part of Gentoo and this is the occasion for |
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>> them to talk the developers and make your bugs looked at. |
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>> Take a look at the categories for BugDay at the poll link and the final BugDay |
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>> wiki page |
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>> - Find a related bug that you have experienced and has not been fixed yet |
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>> - Try to see how it can be reproduced.Gnome not doing proper logins on you laptop? |
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>> - The related bug reports have been ignored for months you say? |
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>> Come poke us about these bugs at #gentoo-bugday on the freenode IRC and we will |
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>> those that are pending. |
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>> ## Whats in it for me? |
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>> Bragging rights, permanently being listed on the charts of BugDay, sense of entitlement. |
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>> Any person who helps us solve valid problems will be given the honor of being listed on |
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>> Even users who help related bugs and find links which make our problem solving easier |
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>> ## Contributors |
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>> Thanks a lot to jstein@ for being the gracious organizer and making sure everything |
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>> And special thanks to contributors who have worked on our previous BugDays. |
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>> Past contributors: |
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>> - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bugday_2020-06-06 |
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