Bug Jam
From Club Ubuntu
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Basics
- The bug jam is about triaging, not fixing the bugs, if you can read, you can help,
- The Global Bug Jam is taking place on the weekend of the 20 February to 22 February.
- Make a Launchpad account, Join the Club Ubuntu team (on Launchpad), Join the 5-a-day team (on Launchpad), and add your Lanchpad ID under the Global Bug Jam - ##club-ubuntu group on this wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Events (your launchpad ID is everything that comes after the ~ in your launchpad profile URL)
- Look at this to get started: Follow this link and scroll down to "Potential Bug Targets" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam
- Those participating assemble in ##club-ubuntu-bugs
Read on if you need or want more information. :)
This Is Easy!
Participating in this event does not require special skills. You do not need to be a developer and this is not about fixing the bugs ourselves. This is about triaging bugs. Many bugs are reported with insufficient information to direct them to the relevant developers. This is about reading bug reports, deciding which package they affect and labeling them as such. People who wish to improve the bug reports further can dive in, but this is essentially it. People who really want to dive in should consult #ubuntu-bugs on Freenode.
Global Bug Jam
The GBJ is a global effort to better Ubuntu by triaging bugs so that developers will have the information they need to fix any given problem, spending more time on code and less time on communicating with bug reporters.
The 5-a-day team on launchpad is a team of people who try to triage 5 bugs per day, through out the year. The Global Bug Jam is a periodic event where Linux User Groups around the world come together for a few days for a surge of activity and everyone does as many as they can!
Our team will be meeting in ##club-ubuntu-bugs @ irc.freenode.net.
Assigning Packages
Hundreds of bugs are [without a package], either because the reporter did not know [how to find the correct package], or was not aware how to assign their bug to a package. Assigning a package to a bug increases the chance of it being fixed greatly by sending the bug right to the developers that can fix it. It is very easy for a new member to start here and learn how to navigate Launchpad while getting to know the community.
This is a first step on towards more advanced triaging in future events.
Follow this link and scroll down to "Potential Bug Targets" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam
How to participate
The steps are very simple:
- Register with Launchpad
- Launchpad is the bug tracking site for Ubuntu and a center of communication between users and developers. You will need to register in order to triage bugs. Registering is easy and very fast: [| Get a Launchpad Account]
- Join the Club Ubuntu Team
- [Join our launchpad group] and a ##club-ubuntu badge will appear on your profile page. :)
Tracking Our Progress
- Join the 5-a-day-participants group on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~5-a-day-participants/+join
- Add your Lanchpad ID under the Global Bug Jam - ##club-ubuntu group on this wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Events (Note: Your Launchpad ID is what comes after the ~ on the url that https://launchpad.net/people/+me redirects you to (everything behind the ~ sign)). Just edit the wiki to include this ID along with odd-rationale, emnode, etc..
If you need any assistance, feel free to ask in our IRC channel: ##club-ubuntu-bugs @irc.freenode.net
That's it! Now you are ready to sort bugs and your contribution will be credited to you and our team!
Sort Bugs!
Follow this link and scroll down to "Potential Bug Targets" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam
Get Help!
There is a learning curve, but the BugSquad is here to help! Join #ubuntu-bugs and ask away! We will also try to have a Bug Specialist/Mentor to hang out with us in ##club-ubuntu-bugs
