Project Bug Router

I want to become more active in the Linux community and gain a wide perspective of how everything works, and so I came up with an idea; I call it Project Bug Router. There are thousands of bugs that have no package set, and as such will sit in LaunchPad until the end of time. I want to get these bugs into the view of the proper package maintianers and provide an easier point of entry for BugSquad.

Simply set the package on all the bugs in Launchpad under the following link:

https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-datecreated&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=New&field.importance%3Alist=Undecided&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=on

This is a very attainable first goal for me in addition to the 5-a-day commitment. I make sure that in addition to forwarding the bugs to the right people, at least five bugs get a more thorough rundown.

#ubuntu-us-mi
ok, who is Dereck, and how did he find time to do 121 bugs today?
Man, that’s like “full time job” status.
I have trouble finding ones that I know how to do

This snip from IRC that shows what I felt when I first started bug work, I wanted to do something but every bug I opened was too daunting for me to be able to help. Project Bug Router helps ease the step into the BugSquad because even the packages I couldn’t help confirm or request more information for, I was able to help by just setting the package.

Care to join me? Just add ‘bug-router’ to your 5-a-day tags and start routing!

Time to start a wiki page and get it rolling for real now that I thing I have a grasp on the bug-hunting methodology.

Tags: bug-router