Hi. The last Bug Squashing Party was quite sucessful in reducing the number of release critical bugs but since then the number is slowly climbing again. So I feel it is time for the next one. Therefor I announce the next Bug Squashing Party (BSP) for the next weekend, September 2th until September 4th. Coordination will happen over IRC channel #debian-bugs on irc.debian.org as usual. As Qt and kdelibs also have made their C++ transition in unstable we should be able to target allmost all g++ 4.0 related bugs this time. On the other hand this means that a Qt or kdelibs build-dependency is no excuse anymore for not fixing your RC bugs so expect removals from testing for related bugs in the near future. You might want to check the release team's FAQ on the topic[0]. [0] http://release.debian.org/removing-packages-from-testing Unlike shortly before sarge release there should be plenty of bugs for all levels of complexity, programming language skills and time requirements. So if you never attended to a BSP before and want to help, _now_ is the right time to start. The RC Bug Squashing HOWTO[1] by Steve Langasek gives a good introduction and is probably a must-read for beginners. But don't hesitate to ask questions in #debian-bugs, we will be eager to get you to do some work :) Non-DDs can also easily contribute by creating patches and/or testing existing ones. Just send them to the related bug report, a DD can easily pick it up from there. See also the end of this mail for a list of useful links. [1] http://people.debian.org/~vorlon/rc-bugsquashing.html Procedures: During the BSP we should use a 0-Day NMU policy again, that means uploads that fix RC bugs that are more than a week old can be uploaded directly. This worked reasonably well during the sarge release process so I see no reason not to use it again. If you feel unsure about a patch and/or if the patch is rather invasive, please consider asking on #debian-bugs for review and/or giving the maintainer some time to react by uploading to the DELAYED queue[2]. [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/02/msg00887.html and http://people.debian.org/~djpig/delayed.html Everyone should consider reading the two announcements by Matthias Klose and Steve Langasek about the C++ transition ([3],[4]) and the mails by Colin Watson and Pascal Hakim about the latest BTS features ([5],[6]) before attending the BSP. [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00001.html [4] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00007.html [5] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00010.html [6] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00014.html Other useful links: where to find available RC bugs: http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php?ignore=sid&ignnew=on&new=7 state of the C++ transition (useful to find packages that need to be fixed/transitioned): http://people.debian.org/~mfurr/gxx/ build logs for failed builds: http://buildd.debian.org/ Explanations for missing binaries: http://people.debian.org/~igloo/status.php List of open RC bugs for a given source package: http://bugs.debian.org/src:<sourcepackagename> Information on opening new bug reports: http://bugs.debian.org/ Debian Policy: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> www: http://www.djpig.de/
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