I just recently decided to start helping with Ubuntu bug triage. It struck me as an easy way to give back to the distro that's given me the most, and since Ubuntu seems to have rather good emphasis on feeding upstream, a way to give to the whole Linux community.
Inspired yet? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs I ended up reading the above link (and later https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School/BugWork too). Next I jumped in #ubuntu-bugs on freenode, but... Ack! There are only 54 nicks in that channel?? I see at least two bots and three people with alternate_ nicks.... Seems to me that a distro the size of Ubuntu should have a lot more people paying attention as bugs come in. Now, I'm sure there are a lot of people working on bugs that don't hang out in #ubuntu-bugs, but given some conversations I've had, I'm guessing the low headcount in there does to some extent reflect the number of people actively triaging bugs. Hence this email. Are you running Ubuntu? Can you spare a few minutes once a week to mark some bugs "Needs Info" (with comments to specify what's needed) or maybe even confirm the bug yourself? Happy bugsquashing, CMP -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student TriLUG Vice Chair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003" <tarheelcoxn> iank has trouble with English. his native language is Python <iank> Yeah <iank> I'm forced <iank> To indent <iank> My sentences -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
