Bugsquad
This is the startpage for everybody interesting in dealing with bug reports in maemo.org Bugzilla.
What is a Bugsquad?
The maemo.org Bugsquad is a team that takes a look at the incoming and existing bug reports in maemo.org Bugzilla to make sure that they are in good shape before a developer spends time on the reports.
How everybody can help
Triaging
Triaging means to make sure that a problem has not already been reported before and that it has correct, enough and recent information.
- Triage guide: A guide for triagers that explains good practices when triaging bug reports.
- Stock answers: List of stock replies to use for various types of bug reports. We collect and provide product-specific information and knowledge for triagers that can be used as a first feedback for reports that are too vague to be helpful or interesting for developers.
- Tasks: You can take a look at new reports, reproduce reports in your favorite application, or clean up old "moreinfo" reports. Just pick your favourite area. The section "[Bugs:Triage_guide#Potential_tasks Potential Tasks]" of the Triage Guide lists some ideas.
Reporting
- Useful and valuable reports: Provide a good quality report by taking a look at Bugzilla's Bug-writing page.
How to join the Bugsquad
- Create a Bugzilla account.
- Read the "How everybody can help" section below.
- Send an email to bugzilla@maemo.org or chat with us (e.g. andre__) in the #maemo channel on Freenode IRC and ask for triaging permissions.
- Add yourself to the "Bugsquad Members" list below.
- Welcome to the team! :-)
Bugdays
The Bugsquad will have a regular monthly day where we look through old Bugzilla bugs to clean up. Of course we don't just do this on bugdays, but it's more fun together and a cool way to introduce new people. Sometimes there also might be specific bugday subjects, for example "Email issues" or "older bugs about Maemo4". Our first bugday will be in December - more information to come.
What everybody should know
Bug and Feature Jars
- Stephen Gadsby provides weekly Maemo Bug and Feature Jars.
- Additionally, Andre Klapper provides monthly Feature Jars.
Bug resolutions and what they mean
- In general: https://bugs.maemo.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#resolution
- RESOLVED FIXED:
- Bugs are closed as RESOLVED FIXED when the code has been internally written and verified to fix the issue.
- Enhancements can be closed as RESOLVED FIXED when the issue has been added to the Roadmap or Specification for a next version.
What applications maintainers should know
- Adding Extra products: A guide for Extras maintainers of packages in the Extras repository what information to provide for getting added in Bugzilla.
What Nokia developers should know
What Bugzilla administrators should know
- Administration guide: A guide for administrators for creating products, components and virtual users.
Bugsquad Members
- Andre (maemo.org bugmaster) 11:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
- Karsten (maemo.org bugmaster) 11:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
- GeneralAntilles 11:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
- sjgadsby
- brontide 19:11, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
- Tim Samoff 14:57, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
- lma 06:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- jukey 19:29, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
- yerga
- zerojay
- arnims
- prometoys
- qwerty12 17:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Meetings
The QA team has occasional meetings.
Future plans
- Technical plans:
- We plan to either improve the template used in the enter_bug textarea, or also enhance/switch to something like the guided submission form.
- Upgrade to Bugzilla 3.4
Documentation
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