Kernel Bug Triage - Join Us

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 09/23/2007 02:39 PM, Christopher Brown wrote:
> My dear Fedorites,
> 
> For the past week now I have been trawling through all open Fedora 7 kernel
> bug reports, assigning bugs here and there and generally
> irritating^D^D^D^Dhelping out various developers involved with the kernel to
> identify issues which will prevent Fedora 8 from being the unparalleled
> success we all know it will be.
> 
> People have now started replying to my requests for information and my pace
> has therefore slowed somewhat. Time is of the essence however development
> freeze for the kernel is still some way off so there is still a window of
> opportunity in which the thorny nettle may be grasped. Currently there are
> about 1600 open bugs against the kernel which is just too many.
> 
> The positive points of Kernel Bug Triaging:
> 
> - You don't have to be a kernel hacker to work here (but it helps!). I'm
> not.
> - You learn lots about the kernel and of course, bugzilla.
> - People are generally nice to you when you try to help out with their woes.
> - You make a difference, fix things upstream and we get one step closer to
> winning $YOUR_PERSONAL_BATTLE
> - PROFIT!!!
> 
> Here is all you need to get started:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage
> 
> If you find something you need an answer on something then really clever
> people can be found here:
> 
> #fedora-kernel
> 
> Join Us!
> 

It would be really nice if we could point users towards a web page
containing debugging tips, workarounds etc. taken from the closed bugs.