GLEP:	6
Title:	Gentoo Linux monthly bug day
Version:	0.1
Last-Modified:	2003/07/02 17:33:02
Author:	Brian Jackson <iggy at gentoo.org>,
Status:	Draft
Type:	Standards Track
Content-Type:	text/x-rst
Created:	02-Jul-2003
Post-History:	02-Jul-2003

Credits

I stole this idea from liquidx who probably stole it from one of the many projects that do something similar.

Abstract

Gentoo Linux should have one day a month that is devoted to clearing out bugs, and accepting new ebuilds from bugzilla. This one day a month should not replace a developers normal bug tracking duties. This "bug day" should become something that involves the user community to make them feel closer to the developers.

Motivation

I believe this would help keep the number of bugs in bugzilla at a lower level. This would also be a good chance for some user submitted ebuilds to be commited that would normally go overlooked. I think this is a good idea. We could turn this into a big deal for the user community

Specification

This doesn't require any coding. It just requires one day each month that little other than bug closing will happen. I would like to see all developers participate, but I know it's unlikely that we could get everybody free on the same day.

Rationale

Gnome, KDE, and other open source projects do something similar with good success.

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.