So who would get the "award" this time around...??? 2011/6/17 Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.a...@galecia.com>
> Maybe there should be some kind of Bug Swatter Award given each month or > after each GSOD session. > > I understand that closing out bugs is less sexy and exciting than > developing something new so we need to recognize those that are willing to > do that work. It is certainly equally important! > > Even if we don't have a cash prize or a bouquet to give the award > recipient, there's nothing wrong with giving the developers some extra ++'s > from the user community! > > Lori > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant > The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com > (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com > > <lori.a...@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, > filtering, > workflow optimization, and materials handling > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Magnus Enger <mag...@enger.priv.no>wrote: > >> Dear Community! >> >> * GSOD #1 >> >> Our very first Global Signoff Day (GSOD) was held on 2011-06-15. >> >> During the 48 hours that make up a day in all available time zones, we >> reduced the number of bugs that had status "Needs signoff" from about >> 76 to about 45. (There were some bugs that got the "Needs Signoff" >> status during the day, which complicates counting somewhat...) >> >> You can see a more or less complete list of what bugs were changed here: >> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Global_sign_off_day,_2011-06-15 >> >> See the bottom of this page for some more numbers, and keep in mind >> that the dates there are relative to UTC: >> http://bugs.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/progress.pl >> >> As far as I can tell we were about 6 people signing off on things >> during GSOD #1, which is not an astronomical figure, but i still think >> we made some good inroads into the queue. (A number of the remaining >> bugs are actually ones that depend on other bugs that have failed QA, >> so they are not really available for signing off.) Imagine what we >> could have done if there were more of us... ;-) >> >> * GSOD #2 >> >> BibLibre have said all their staff will dedicate half a day every two >> weeks to signing off on bugs and similar tasks (woohoo!). I would like >> to propose another GSOD to coincide with their first such day, which >> is scheduled for 2011-07-08. Motto: "The more, the merrier"! >> >> Some questions spring to mind: >> >> - How can we get more people involved? >> - Should the name of the "event" reflect that other activities (such >> as closing bugs) are encouraged too? >> - How can we make it even more fun? >> -- Better/other lists and visualisations? >> -- Could we have the huginn bot on IRC annonunce new signoffs, the >> same way it does "needs signoff"s? >> -- Could we use some kind of VoIP/videoconferencing tools to make the >> social interactions seem more um... "real"? >> >> Or is GSOD a really bad idea, would it be better to channel our energy >> into making signoffs (and similar activities) look more like an >> ongoing task, and less something you only have to think about once a >> month? >> >> Best regards, >> Magnus Enger >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > koha-de...@lists.koha-community.org > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > -- David Schuster Plano ISD Library Technology Coordinator
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