Hoi,
If I had anything to say about the importance of the existing back log, I
would have the WMF hire two full time people. This would show the importance
given to the contributions of volunteer developers. I can imagine that
working only on bugs is not that interesting to some. Once the two
bugmeisters are in "maintenance mode" there would be time for something else
as well. This kind of carrot is intended to be motivating.
The advantage of two people working as a bugmeister is that they can have
complementary skills. This would also improve the total quality of the
process.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 9 October 2010 01:50, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chad wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> +1
> >>
> >
> > I'm assuming you meant +1 to making it a FT position, but
> > you didn't quote any text so I cannot be sure ;-)
> >
> > -Chad
>
> I didn't want to quote the full email ;)
> I agree that reviewing the thousands of open bugs* will take a lot of
> time. Although if it means the position should be full time would mostly
> depend on the importance given to the backlog.
>
> I agree with this mailing list being a proper place to discuss about the
> bugmeister position.
> After all, this is the people with which the bugmeister should work
> (tech staff + tech community).
>
>
> Neil wrote:
> > I think he was trying to direct your concerns to where they would be
> heard by the right
> > people and in the right context.
>
> Then the right people should be pointed to follow this thread (whoever
> they are, the CTO for a bugmeister position would have been a fair guess).
> On the other hand, if this bugmeister discussion was about the budget
> allocated to its salary instead of the work it has to do, I would move
> that to foundation-l not wikitech-l
>
>
> *Asking for new/reopen bugs in mediawiki component stops at 2700. There
> may be more.
>
>
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