Last week we had our first Bug Day of the year.
*---How it Went*--- We looked at bugs (excluding enhancements) that had not seen any changes in over a year, a little over 250 bugs. The bugs came from a number of different products and components. We started looking at the bugs in "General/Unknown." Attendance was lower than what we wanted. Andre, Matanya, and I triaged bugs and had help from developers in #wikimedia-dev.
* ---What we Achieved*--- We triaged about 30 bugs [1]. This included re-testing, prioritizing, and closing old reports. Reports for which we requested more information will be closed after 3 weeks if we receive no response. We also made note of what we could improve for the coming Bug Days.
* ---What we can improve*--- Some things we can improve:
- Better Landing Page - We posted the announcement on [2]. The announcement is in the middle of the page. Instead we can have a Bug Day page where the time and date for the next Bug Day is prominent. It should be friendly for new users, as this is likely where they would refer to if they are interested in joining a Bug Day. - Hosting the event in a different IRC channel - We held the event in #wikimedia-dev. We were able to get help from developers on the channel, but it was hard to tell if users joining were there for the Bug Day. We felt greeting each user that joined could have increased noise on the channel, and could have been annoying to other users. We may hold the next even in #wikimedia-office if there are no other meetings scheduled for that time.
Thank you for your participation and support! We hope the coming Bug Days will get better and better.
-Valerie Juarez
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Triage/20130129 [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Triage
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Valerie Juarez valerie.m.juarez@gmail.com wrote:
Last week we had our first Bug Day of the year.
*---How it Went*--- We looked at bugs (excluding enhancements) that had not seen any changes in over a year, a little over 250 bugs. The bugs came from a number of different products and components. We started looking at the bugs in "General/Unknown." Attendance was lower than what we wanted. Andre, Matanya, and I triaged bugs and had help from developers in #wikimedia-dev.
Probably a good idea to send an email to wikitech-l and mediawiki-l about a day before these things happen, and another one immediately when they start.
- Hosting the event in a different IRC channel
developers on the channel, but it was hard to tell if users joining were there for the Bug Day. We felt greeting each user that joined could have increased noise on the channel, and could have been annoying to other users. We may hold the next even in #wikimedia-office if there
- We held the event in #wikimedia-dev. We were able to get help from
are no other meetings scheduled for that time.
Wouldn't that further reduce participation?
Thank you for your participation and support! We hope the coming Bug Days will get better and better.
Thank you for hosting this. While I couldn't make this one, I hope to help out in a future bug day!
Cheers, Bawolff
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:37 PM, bawolff bawolff+wn@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Valerie Juarez valerie.m.juarez@gmail.com wrote:
Last week we had our first Bug Day of the year.
*---How it Went*--- We looked at bugs (excluding enhancements) that had not seen any changes in over a year, a little over 250 bugs. The bugs came from a number of different products and components. We started looking at the bugs in "General/Unknown." Attendance was lower than what we wanted. Andre, Matanya, and I triaged bugs and had help from developers in #wikimedia-dev.
Probably a good idea to send an email to wikitech-l and mediawiki-l about a day before these things happen, and another one immediately when they start.
My apologies, you did do that. I didn't notice because I didn't realize this was already 8 days ago.
--bawolff
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:37 AM, bawolff bawolff+wn@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Valerie Juarez valerie.m.juarez@gmail.com wrote:
- Hosting the event in a different IRC channel
developers on the channel, but it was hard to tell if users joining were there for the Bug Day. We felt greeting each user that joined could have increased noise on the channel, and could have been annoying to other users. We may hold the next even in #wikimedia-office if there
- We held the event in #wikimedia-dev. We were able to get help from
are no other meetings scheduled for that time.
Wouldn't that further reduce participation?
Possibly. As stated above we didn't greet each user joining #wikimedia-dev. We could have missed users joining for the Bug Day because we did not want to increase the noise. If we use #wikimedia-office, we believe users who join the channel during Bug Days would most likely join because they want to participate in the Bug Day, so we can engage them without worrying about disrupting others. However, we did get help from developers in #wikimedia-dev, so I see your concern in that respect. I think we could post questions we have during the Bug Day to #wikimedia-office first, and if it's not solved in that channel, we can ask in #wikimedia-dev.
This is not a permanent change. It's something we want to try to see how it works. If it's not an improvement, we'll try something new or go back to #wikimedia-dev.
Thank you for hosting this. While I couldn't make this one, I hope to help out in a future bug day!
Thank you for your feedback, and feel free to make suggestions. I look forward to working with you on a future bug day. :)
-Valerie
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