Dedicated bug (system) discussion list? [was: Bug#45196: KDE bugs database needs a spring cleaning]

[Aaron J. Seigo]

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On Monday 15 July 2002 03:31, Stephan Binner wrote:
> On Monday 15 July 2002 10:56, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > You are not volunteering, or?
> >
> > Ok, I'll try going through some bugs over the next few days and try to
> > compile a list. Then I'll post it somewhere (what mailing-list or person
>
> Can we have it, do we need it? Discussions about bugs.kde.org, organizing
> bug hunting days (Aaron volunteered IIRC) and allow users to post hints?

yes, i've mentioned my desire to organize bug hunt days a few times on IRC.

i'd like to start sometime in october or november, since that seems to be a 
good hacking time for those of us in the northern hemi, what with summer 
being well past and all.

i've been thinking about it for some months now and basically i'd like to get 
a bunch of people on IRC and focus on cleaning out the bugs system:

 o get rid of the unreproducable / poorly reported bugs
 o get rid of wishlist items that are bogus
 o get rid of already fixed bugs
 o fix the easy-to-fix bugs (e.g. <3 hours of hacking time)
 o analyze the harder bugs and figure out what it would require to implement 
(and hopefully kill a few of them, too)
 o prioritize remaining bugs
 o document the reproducable bugs

it would be best IMO if 2-4 apps were a focus at each bug fest so that we can 
get a bunch of eyes on the same code base at the same time. it would also be 
good if the maintainers of those apps can be around to help make deffinitive 
suggestions and decisions (e.g. "whacky wishlist #XYZ will never be 
implemented. get rid of it.", "the proper fix is to .....") and to review and 
OK patches as they roll in ...

we'd keep a "kill list" and post it after the bug fest as a record of our 
accomplishments ... each bug fest could run anywhere from 16-48 hours, 
depending on interest and participation.

anyways.. i'm not planning on actually kicking up any real dust on this idea 
for a couple months yet. but now that my nefarious plot has been uncovered:

                                 be warned! beware! be ready!

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Aaron J. Seigo
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