Hi there,

some quick idea such that Sage dominates our lives even more:

1. We should have "Doc Days" (*) in addition to "Bug Days". For these sessions 
we would focus on (a) finding new bugs by (b) writing doctests. Also our Wiki 
might need some care and the manuals always need updates.

2. Also, a "Busfactor/Code-Review Day" might be a good idea. There are areas 
in the Sage codebase where basically only one developer feels comfortable 
poking around. This is usually not because of scary math only one person 
cares about but because nobody else every sat down and read the code. A "Bus 
Day" (y'know what if that developer gets run-over by a bus) would basically 
mean that we sit down and read chunks of code by other developers. If we are 
stuck the authors are right there on IRC to discuss the random questions we 
come up with. The coercion model, libSingular and cremona.spkg are examples 
for this kind of code in my mind. This would also mean that we review the 
code which is a very very nice thing to have.

(*) William just indicated on IRC that we should probably move away from the 
idea of a whole day to devote to bugs and stuff. Instead a Sage 
Morning/Evening (depending on your favourite timezone) might allow more 
people to participate. E.g. weekends are usually a bad choice for me. 

Thoughts?

Martin
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