From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 14:18:16 EST
Hi folks,
I'm just writing you all to let you know that bugzilla
is rapidly approaching 1,000 bugs. We're up to 965,
which is a varitable mountain of bugs. It would
probably take a "Martin" man year or better to close
them all.
I'd appreciate it if people would spend a little time
getting familiar with some of the bugs in bugzilla. A
lot of bugs need to be triaged. Even more need some
resolution.
"What can I do to help?" you ask. Well, there are a
few things:
1) Help triage bugs. Make sure the platform is
correct, milestone is correct, bugs have enough
information to reproduce and possibly even fix, etc...
Matthew Craig, Hakon, MG, and others have done a great
job with this so far, but I'm sure that they could use
some help.
2) Fix bugs or parts of bugs
3) File new bugs as they arise
4) Confirm/deny that bugs have actually been fixed,
and CLOSE/REOPEN as necessary.
Now, not all bugs are "true" bugs - a lot of stuff in
bugzilla are RFEs. "But I want to work on my favorite
feature XYZ and not fix bugs" you say. Odds are XYZ is
in bugzilla already. If not, put it in bugzilla so it
gets triaged and noticed by others. Then start working
on it. The feature set for 2.0 is not yet frozen, but
if bugzilla doesn't show improvement in the near-ish
future, it might soon become so. So for now, please
make sure your RFE gets filed and then start working
on it.
I don't expect all or even the majority of these bugs
and RFEs to be closed before 2.0 is released. But it
would be nice if as many as possible got addressed.
Not many people will be upset if we don't have "Open
EBook XML" or "US Congress DTD" support. A lot of
people will be if Insert->Endnote crashes
systematically.
As always, work on what you might find interesting.
There's something in bugzilla for everyone's taste,
and more than enough to whet your appetites. AbiWord
2.0 should have a lot of "spit and polish." Let's make
it shine.
Cheers,
Dom
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