Hi Ubunteros, We had a GBJ meeting today at #ubuntu-meeting with Daniel Holbach and Caspar Clemens Mierau. The discussion was about past bug jams they had conducted and what they learned from it. We also tried to get some ideas from those experiences and make some guidelines to the GBJ. There was also presence of bug-control guys and people who have been already doing bug triage like me. We might expect few more stories at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam/Stories. If you still don't have a clue on what am talking about, check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam.
Some thoughts about the GBJ.in, my two paisas? 1. Members who have already been doing bug triage should come forward and lead the GBJ.in 2, Try to form local groups in your city. We would be happy if each group contains 4/5 members. 3. We will try to use a gobby server running somewhere to collaborate and have a wiki like page running up which can be used to share information and tips 4. The #ubuntu-in channel will be used as the primary channel of communication between the teams 5. We will soon have an introductory session in the ubuntu-in channel, with additional trial bug jams over the weekend. This will help people get used to and understand the bug cycle and bug triage work flow. We will be handling live bugs and sure we do not want to mess up ;) 6. A few members will be available at specific times so that when you have any doubt you can jump in and get it clarified. 7. Try to get in as many people as possible, even a few hours of contribution will be awesome. If you do not have any one from your city, please feel free to join me at #ubuntu-in. 8. Try to spread the word - blog, twitter, your web site, IM, mail footer and what not. We, the GBJ team, are also planning to get some digital banners and countdown banners getting done soon. 9. I will soon send a list of useful links which people can refer during their dug hunt endeavor. I will also try to make a set of blogposts on bug triage and how to go with it. 10. It would be great if we could zero in to a few favorite packages that we might concentrate on during the bug jam. This will help us understand more about bugs on a package type as well as improve packages as much as we can, instead of working on some random bugs. Seriously people, Bug Triage is fun and when you get hold of it you will love this mode of contribution. There is always a bug to be triaged and there lies your appetite. And there are lotsa people to help you get started. You need not make patches, but improving a bug by getting more info, assigning to the right package, finding duplicates, relating to upstream bugs and reproducing/confirming bugs will be great too :) If you are ready to host a group at your place, feed them some snacks and juice (beer is awesome) and spare them some internet access, then please contact me off list. I need to consolidate and publish a list of venues ASAP. Thanks in advance. :) Feel free to throw your ideas, comments and criticisms by mailing them to the list. We hope to have a great bug day (Holbach is planning for a Guinness Record too ;) ) -- --- With Regards, Parthan "technofreak" <gpg> 2FF01026 <blog> http://blog.technofreak.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
