en/glep/glep-0006.txt

GLEP: 6
Title: Gentoo Linux monthly bug day
Version: $Revision: 0.1 $
Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/07/02 17:33:02 $
Author: Brian Jackson <iggy@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.
1	g2boojum	1.1	GLEP: 6
2			Title: Gentoo Linux monthly bug day
3			Version: $Revision: 0.1 $
4			Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/07/02 17:33:02 $
5			Author: Brian Jackson <iggy@gentoo.org>,
6			Status: Draft
7			Type: Standards Track
8			Content-Type: text/x-rst
9			Created: 02-Jul-2003
10			Post-History: 02-Jul-2003
11
12
13			Credits
14			=======
15
16			I stole this idea from liquidx who probably stole it from one of the many
17			projects that do something similar.
18
19
20			Abstract
21			========
22
23			Gentoo Linux should have one day a month that is devoted to clearing out bugs,
24			and accepting new ebuilds from bugzilla. This one day a month should not
25			replace a developers normal bug tracking duties. This "bug day" should become
26			something that involves the user community to make them feel closer to the
27			developers.
28
29			Motivation
30			==========
31
32			I believe this would help keep the number of bugs in bugzilla at a lower level.
33			This would also be a good chance for some user submitted ebuilds to be commited
34			that would normally go overlooked. I think this is a good idea. We could turn
35			this into a big deal for the user community
36
37			Specification
38			=============
39
40			This doesn't require any coding. It just requires one day each month that
41			little other than bug closing will happen. I would like to see all developers
42			participate, but I know it's unlikely that we could get everybody free on the
43			same day.
44
45			Rationale
46			=========
47
48			Gnome, KDE, and other open source projects do something similar with good
49			success.
50
51
52			Copyright
53			=========
54
55			This document has been placed in the public domain.