On 19 June 2011 16:16, MJ Ray <m...@phonecoop.coop> wrote: > Magnus Enger wrote: >> * GSOD #1 > [...] >> You can see a more or less complete list of what bugs were changed here: >> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Global_sign_off_day,_2011-06-15 > > Thanks for the summary, Magnus!
You're welcome! > I was unaware of that page, so did not edit it when reviewing or > signing off. Editing a wiki page seems a bit odd: doesn't bugzilla > track status and who's working on a bug already? Commenting on the > bug or hopping on IRC seems a good idea if you absolutely want to > avoid the risk of "two signoffs, one bug" (I apologise for that image > ;-) ). Yeah, that might work just as well, with less effort. >> As far as I can tell we were about 6 people signing off on things > > JOOI, how can you tell that? As Chris said, by monitoring the bugs list. Not fail-safe at all! >> * GSOD #2 >> >> BibLibre have said all their staff will dedicate half a day every two >> weeks to signing off on bugs and similar tasks (woohoo!). I would like >> to propose another GSOD to coincide with their first such day, which >> is scheduled for 2011-07-08. Motto: "The more, the merrier"! > > I send my regrets. I think that's the second Friday of Co-operatives > Fortnight here and I will be occupied with co-op community events. Maybe the time after, then? >> Some questions spring to mind: >> >> - How can we get more people involved? > >> - Should the name of the "event" reflect that other activities (such >> as closing bugs) are encouraged too? > > Yes, if they are. Bug Squashing Party is used in debian. > http://wiki.debian.org/BSP Bug Squashing does sound like fun! >> - How can we make it even more fun? >> -- Better/other lists and visualisations? >> -- Could we have the huginn bot on IRC annonunce new signoffs, the >> same way it does "needs signoff"s? >> -- Could we use some kind of VoIP/videoconferencing tools to make the >> social interactions seem more um... "real"? > > I'm unsure about conferencing because it seems like it would need its > own effort to set up (I'd go for a simple SIP party-line, but I'm sure > there are others using incompatible systems which I wouldn't want to > use either) and keep running. It may also suffer from the > synchronisation problem worse than IRC currently does. Yup, I'm not convinced it's a good idea. > Yes to lists and bots - maybe we could reuse some of the tools from > another bugzilla-using project's bug-squash party? I'm not sure > where to look for that though. Sounds like a good idea! Does anyone have any tips on what works in other communities? Best regards, Magnus Enger _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
