On 20/12/19 10:25, José Iván López wrote: > On 2019-12-20 10:03, Ancor Gonzalez Sosa wrote: >> I've gone through the full list of bugs assigned to the YaST Team or >> some of its members with the intention of closing obsolete stuff that >> are not real issues anymore. >> >> In the process I found out there are some YaST modules or areas that >> have quite some open bugs. Some of them are modules that never receive >> attention (no-man shows, as HuHa likes to call them). >> >> Localization bugs (mainly problems with non-latin languages): >> 22 open bugs >> >> dns-server && dhcp-server (they are so related that even share bugs): >> 20 open bugs, aprox. >> >> NTP: 13 open bugs >> >> Bootloader: 20 open bugs, aprox. >> >> NFS: 12 open bugs, I already plan to focus the firepower of the storage >> squad here for the following sprint(s). >> >> Storage: 30 open bugs, aprox. but they are under control ;-) >> >> Network: hard to say, at least 50. >> > > Great job!! Thanks a lot. Have you categorized the bugs somehow? I > mean, do you have the list of bugs for each area? > >> If reducing the number of bugs is a goal, I think it would be worth to >> create small groups of 2-3 developers to focus on a given module for a >> month or two. That would be enough time to gather the knowledge about >> the topic and refactor the most important parts (those modules are >> usually not that big). In some cases, that can mean up to 20 bugs solved >> and a more sane codebase (plus some refreshed knowledge) for the future. >> >> Let's assume two small refactoring squads (2-3 people each) working in >> parallel. I think that, for example, DNS+DHCP+NFS+NTP could all be >> brought into shape in less than two months. That would be around 45 >> fewer bug reports. >> >> What do you think? > > IMHO, this is a great idea. Solving bugs one by one without being > focused in a specific topic/module would be quite more difficult. That > small refactoring squads could make the job easier.
+1 Thanks Ancor. -- David Díaz González YaST Team at SUSE Linux GmbH
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