On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Feb 3, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 02/02/2013 09:55 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: >>>>> Hi devs, >>>>> >>>>> We've closing the 4.x cycle and here's the result of bugs fixed vs bugs >>>>> created during the past 360 days: >>>>> http://snag.gy/MZxh7.jpg >>>>> >>>>> As you can see: >>>>> * More issues were created than fixed: 919 created vs 844 fixed >>>>> * During the whole time, the red has been winning >>>>> >>>>> What this means is that overall we're loosing the quality war. Of course >>>>> bugs are not evenly distributed and it may happen that created bugs are >>>>> peripheral but they're still bugs and since they've been reported they >>>>> have affected users… >>>>> >>>>> Thus I propose that for the 5.x cycle we take some drastic action and do >>>>> a Bug Fixing Day every week in en effort to have green be the default (ie >>>>> more bugs fixed than created). >>>>> >>>>> At least it would be great if we could try it for a while and see how it >>>>> goes. >>>>> >>>>> If you agree, what about doing that every Thursday, starting with the >>>>> 21st of February(since 11th is the final 4.5 release)? >>>>> >>>>> WDYT? >>>> >>>> Sounds good. What happens with the monthly BFD that was supposed to >>>> happen on the 7th? >>> >>> Good question. Since we still haven't released XWiki 4.5 final, I think we >>> should drop it and replace it with the weekly BFD starting 21st >>> >>> WDYT? >> >> Maybe replace it with something else, like fixing deprecated calls. > > 1) I think this is a bit dangerous to do in RC so close to the final 4.5 > release, it's relatively easy to introduce a regression by fixing deprecation > calls. > 2) The idea is that all our energy is focused on finishing 4.5 and releasing > it ASAP
I was not talking about the 7th actually (missread the message it seems), I was taking about monthly BFD en general during the 5.x. > > That said, I'm fine with whatever the majority wants. > > BTW on the same idea, I think we need to organize a PullRequest Day after we > start 5.0 to reduce the # of open PR/patches and favor contributions. > > Thanks > -Vincent > >>> Thanks >>> -Vincent >>> >>>> To reduce the burnout, we should see each BFD not as a hard push to >>>> close as many bugs as possible, but as a day when devs are free to work >>>> on bugs, not on roadmap features. >>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> -Vincent >>>>> >>>>> PS: To see past BFD events, see: >>>>> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/DevelopmentPractices#HXWikiDays > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
