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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_dev2011-04-13 10:23 am
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April-May Old Bugs Hackathon

It's time for our next hackathon! The suggestions hackathon did really well in getting people inspired to clear out some older stuff, so I thought, what about clearing out some really old stuff?

From now until May 30, patching a bug with a Bugzilla ID number under 2000 (so, 1-1999) will earn 10 DW points if it's effort-minor, 50 if it's effort-medium, and 100 if it's effort-major. Patching a bug with a three-digit or less Bugzilla ID (1-999) will carry a 50% points bonus (so, 15 for effort-minor, 75 effort-medium, 150 effort-major).

I know a lot of the older bugs are huge epic things (major projects we logged up front), but many of them are smaller fixes! There's even a codemerge or two. Check out the unassigned bugs and see if there's an older bug you can give some love to.
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[staff profile] denise 2011-04-13 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Different bugs need all kinds of different skills! Mostly perl, but some HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc. There's projects of every skill range, from "help I have no idea what I'm doing" to "I am a perl guru". The Getting Started wiki category explains how to get started in DW dev, especially Dev Getting Started and Dreamhack Getting Started (Dreamhacks are our free hosted development environments.) If you get stuck, [site community profile] dw_dev_training is the place to go, where friendly people will answer all your questions.
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[personal profile] fulminata 2011-04-13 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome! Thank you.
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[personal profile] sporky_rat 2011-04-13 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair warning - you'll start with one bug. Then you'll go for another. Before long, you'll be bug-whacking like nobody's business.
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[personal profile] fulminata 2011-04-13 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Before I start, I need to get familiar with the code. I'm only skilled with HTML & CSS right now.
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[personal profile] foxfirefey 2011-04-13 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
If you want, I can go find a suitable baby bug and step you through it and mentor you. After all, you're mentoring in my styles class!
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[personal profile] fulminata 2011-04-13 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
If you have time for that, I would greatly appreciate it. :D
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[personal profile] foxfirefey 2011-04-13 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup! If you know how to get into IRC, you can poke me there, or you can PM me for IM info and we can go from there.
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