Hi, Our second Bug Squashing Party for the Sarge release will take place during the next weekend (22-24 of November). Since the first BSP, a few things have happened: - the RC bug graph [0] was reenabled, showing a frightening number of bugs that need to be dealt with (614 as of this writing) - aj marked a number of buggy packages for removal and removed those that didn't get a fix in time - the RC bug count hasn't gone down noticeably So, it's time to wield your squashing weapons and start getting rid of these bugs. We'll meet in #debian-bugs in the OFTC IRC network [1] (beware, not irc.debian.org, but irc.oftc.net) during the next weekend, and will try to tackle as many bugs as possible. As before, the usual BSP rules apply: - you can use http://bugs.debian.net/ to show other participants on what package you are working. The channel's topic will have general instructions on how to use this system. - work on the oldest bugs first, and inform the maintainer by mail about your plans. - get your fixes right; that is _TEST_ your changes, and keep them at a minimum (don't repackage the app, just fix the RC bug). - mail your changes (in unidiff format) to the BTS, so the maintainer can easily see what changes were made to his package. - do not upload to incoming directly, use the DELAYED queue (4 or 5 days should be ok). Remember it's not just about fixing bugs. Bug triaging may be helpful: there can be open bugs that have been already fixed, or others which have an inflated severity, etc. Discuss about them on IRC, and modify them if a consensus is reached. Providing more information on bugs which are difficult to reproduce is also very helpful. Finally, as always, you don't need to be a Debian developer to participate. There will be plenty of Debian people around which can proxy your uploads to the Debian archive -- Just ask for a sponsor on the channel. See you on Friday, Jordi [0] Why OFTC? To put it simple, the people who are setting up this BSP are more in OFTC #debian channels than in freenode's. As it is currently our network of choice, we decided to hold the BSP here (and at the same time, give the lonely #debian-bugs@OFTC a little publicity :) [1] http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- Jordi Mallach Pérez -- Debian developer http://www.debian.org/ jordi@sindominio.net jordi@debian.org http://www.sindominio.net/ GnuPG public key information available at http://oskuro.net/~jordi/
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