Assigned-bugs hackathon!

[denise]

I checked tonight, and we've got 571 open bugs. That's a lot! 146 of them are assigned with no patch, and if we could make some inroads on that number, we'd be able to knock down the total open number a hell of a lot.

So, here's my hackathon challenge! If you've got assigned bugs, let's do whatever we can this week to get that number down. I'll start; I have 8 bugs assigned to me without a patch, and while some of them are waiting on other things to get resolved first, some of them are things I've just been putting off because I don't know exactly how to do them or was running into problems.

I've already yelled for help on what I'm stuck on, so I'll turn to y'all: what can I help you with on stuff you're stuck on? And if not me, who else can help you? A bunch of the existing assigned stuff is really complex, so let's all work together and see how much we can improve things.

Ideally, I'd like to get that "open" number down below 500 by Sunday night, and double ideally, the "all unassigned" number (currently at 386) down under 300.

*salutes you all*

Comments

[cesy]

*has a look*
(You can search for effort-minor unassigned, but that includes many that aren't actually very minor.)

http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1888 looks like it might be okay.
http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1862 is theoretically straightforward.
http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886 would mean a bit of delving into S2, but people can help you if you get stuck.
http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1845 is a bigger Styles one, if you're up for it.
http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1841 should be straightforward Perl copy/paste, if you want to try it.
http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1813 would need a bit more styles knowledge - how good are you with S2?

If you're looking for things to do, the other easy beginning things are writing specs, and commenting on other people's. (Look for the needs-spec? flag in Bugzilla.) Also, yvi did an explanation of how to review patches here, which is a good way of getting to know the system without actually needing to understand Perl.

[denise]

FYI, I totally guess on the effort, so if anyone thinks that I've misguessed it, feel free to change it! I never mind.

[yati]

I'm pretty ok with S2, actually. 1882, 1862 and 1886 all look like something I should at least try! Hmm. 1813 seems like something I could do, but would need time since it looks like it needs separate fixes for all the layouts.