On 1/6/07, Ross Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Okay, here's a little more on the upcoming bug day. This is all just my > thoughts, it'd be great to get any input on this at all. > > When > ==== > I think we should hold the bug day in February, maybe around the 10-15th. > Pat recommends we announce at four weeks before, two weeks before, and a > week before, so that's what we should do.
I'm giving advice, not commandments. Please make sure that whatever you do is right for the project. > > Activities > ========== > There've been a few bugs over the past week, a couple that are probably a > bit in-depth for a bug day, but at least one concerns poor test coverage. > We should make a start on getting as many (valid ;)) bugs into the > trackers as possible. I'm planning to comb through the tests and find weak > spots in coverage, which I'll then file bugs against. Which tools are you using? If you can find a way to do it, valgrind might be a good thing to add to your toolkit. > > As well as test coverage, we could also file bugs against documentation > (much of what's there is cursory, to say the least), and bad code that's > knocking around in there. > If the rubinius guys can get RNI done in time, getting libxml working on rubinius would be a fun project for a bug day too. > How > === > I think that, on the day, developers should be available on the list and > in an IRC channel somewhere, to help get people started and discuss > possible patches, etc. I'm happy to do this, of course - if anyone else > might be able to pitch in with that it'd be great. > I'd be happy to do what I can (mostly advertising and cheerleading). > Basically, people who want to get involved on the day will pick an issue, > maybe discuss a possible fix with us, and then send up a patch when > they're ready. We'd then check the patches, and commit them to CVS as > appropriate, or discuss them further with the submitter. Does anyone feel > like taking care of that side of things? > > That's it. As I say, any thoughts much appreciated. > > Cheers, > -- > Ross Bamford - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > libxml-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/libxml-devel > -- thanks, -pate ------------------------- http://on-ruby.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ libxml-devel mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/libxml-devel
