Folks, this is a call to all of those out there who devote a great deal of their time to specific subsystems and related components to the kernel, whether it be userspace or kernelspace. I am interested in getting an idea of your willingness to participate in a kernel triage summit geared toward expanding understanding of kernel bugs as well as focused training in triage aspects of subsystem bugs.
I know there are those of you who spend a great deal of time during the week working on these issues, and the last thing you want to do with your weekend is work some more, but I am hopeful thatm by providing this type of training, we can get the highest quality of advanced bug reports in your hands as developers and contributors. The idea being that, by giving a little work, you can possibly save yourself a lot of work. The subsystems I have been specifically asked about are: Graphics/KMS/DRM/X Audio/Pulse USB stack Firewire Stack Bluetooth stack ACPI sysfs/filesystem debugging for newbies The list is by no means comprehensive nor complete at this time. I know that there are other aspects of the kernel that lend themselves to separate classes of training to address, so, as you respond, please also indicate which of these you are interested in discussing with potential and current triagers. There are several of you that I have in mind to ask about discussing specific topics such as, how to determine if a kernel bug needs a look from userspace maintainers and how to go about approaching them with the specific bug or what workarounds should be attempted and what the results of the workaround indicates from a kernel perspective. I'll be sending out more targeted e-mail to those of you that have already expressed an interest in specific topics so that you and your peers can discuss the best way to deliver these classes. I know this is a lot to digest, so I wanted to get the e-mail out soon so that you can all gather your thoughts and let me know what you think. As with all new events and ideas, I welcome your feedback as we move through the process of making this a reality. I am still working out the schedule of how this will go, so nothing is in stone yet. Please provide me with your preferred time to present as this will most likely be given on a Saturday initially so as to provide the best possible time for students and persons with other employment to attend. I look forward to working with all of you. Thanks! ~JFo -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
