Re: Dublin, Ireland bug squashing party

[Philip Ashmore <contact@philipashmore.com>]

On 25/06/12 16:03, Martín Ferrari wrote:
> Hi Phillip,
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Philip Ashmore
> <contact@philipashmore.com>  wrote:
>
> > It's come to my attention that bug squashing parties are _the_ way to fix
> > bugs.
> >
> > Not to be seen as uncool, I'm proposing a bug squashing party somewhere in
> > Dublin, Ireland at a mutually agreed date and time.
>
> That is a great idea! There does not seem to be much local Debian
> activity, despite the number of DDs living here, and this is a good
> way to help revert that, and help the release!
>
> Have you thought of a place, or talked with anybody about that? I'm
> thinking the TOG might be a good place.
How many people can it accommodate?
Are there fees?
Network/WiFi?
Food/drink?
> > I'm just canvassing for support right now, as I don't know the Debian
> > procedure for doing this - or even if there is one.
>
> I'd participate and/or help organise.
Yes to both - it's my first BSP.
> > One of the topics/issues/bugs I hope to address is getting my open source
> > projects in SourceForge knocked into shape for acceptance into Debian.
>
> > I don't know if that meets the criteria for "party" - maybe a shindig or a
> > hootenanny.
>
> I think BSPs usually focus on fixing problems for packages already in
> Debian, specially RC bugs. But nobody would discourage you from
> working on your packages and getting help from other people doing so!
>
> Tincho.
Philip