Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:23:51 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugbusters@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Test-Bugathon.... check Message-ID: <20061009132351.02936cbd.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1160413542.6936.4.camel@localhost> References: <1160390064.76522.23.camel@mayday.esat.net> <20061009121957.01d50670.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <1160413542.6936.4.camel@localhost>
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:05:42 +0100 Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 12:19 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:34:24 +0100 > > Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > Following the example of our friends from NetBSD. We organized this > > > week-end what they called a Bugathon. Basically, people gather on an IRC > > > channel and discuss about some Problem Reports they either sent or are > > > interested in. This is a great opportunity to get things done faster and > > > get in touch with committers. > > > > > > The Bugathon was only announced on -ports because we weren't sure to get > > > enough src committers, mainly because of the very short notice (it was > > > decided on friday evening CET). > > > > > > Anyway, the result of the Test-Bugathon is that around 140 PRs have been > > > closed (kern:8, bin:2, ports:~100, i386:1, docs:7, www:4, usb:14, > > > conf:4, amd64:1). I'd like to thank all the committers and participants > > > who came, it was a lot of fun. > > > > > > The test has proven its point so we'll definitely make new bugathons in > > > the near future. We haven't settled on a date yet, but an announcement > > > will be made once the date will be decided, at least two weeks before > > > the event. > > > > > > In the meantime, don't hesitate to come to the IRC channel > > > #freebsd-bugbusters on EFNET or subscribe to the freebsd-bugbusters > > > mailing list. > > > > > > Have fun fixing bugs! > > > > I agree with Ceri, having a bug busting marathon during release > > cycle is probably bad; however, insta-MFCs are probably not a > > good thing anyway - even with single word fixes. I'll be keeping > > all of my changes in a new mailbox file. Once release cycle is > > over, the MFC will happen. > > Well, HEAD isn't frozen and fixing bugs can't be bad. > > > I think the doc count is below correct. Ceri closed at least > > 4 IIRC, and I closed about 4-5 (some assigned to me). But > > whatever, we'll need to keep a "score board" next time. > > This will be the next feature of BugBuster, the Evil Bot, but it still > requires that committers say when they close a PR. > Like: !closed NUM || !closed doc || !closed ? :) -- Tom Rhodes
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