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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: Bugsplashing
From:       Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annemarie.mahfouf () free ! fr>
Date:       2012-06-04 11:35:08
Message-ID: 4FCC9D6C.2030205 () free ! fr
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On 06/04/2012 11:41 AM, Thijs Heus wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com 
> <mailto:notmart@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     > 2) Are the components useful? I could see a lot of use for
>     grouping bugs,
>     > and trying to keep a component bug free. But again - only when
>     it is in
>     > use. And what is the difference between e.g. containment-desktop and
>     > desktop?
>
>     i think components are fine, maybe there could be a couple more
>     but thise are
>     fine. in this particular case containment-desktop means strictly
>     what happens
>     in the desktop background area, while desktop is the plasma
>     desktop shell
>     application, the actual executable that creates desktops, panels
>     etc. yeah i
>     know, jargon :/
>
> OK, clear. If there is one place where jargon is allowed, it is BKO, 
> as long as it is being used consistently. I guess there has been a 
> fair amount of mix up there, but I'll check.
>
>     > 3) There is a fair amount of bugs that need to be treated with the
>     > authority and wisdom of a developer. I can be almost certain
>     that a bug is
>     > a wont fix, but only a dev can mark it as such. I could keep a
>     list of such
>     > bugs, and throw them over this mailing list once in a while, or
>     perhaps a
>     > flag "for_devs" could work here. This would not be meant as a
>     kicking devs
>     > to fix a bug, but should only take 2 minutes of time to
>     comment/check
>     > out/close/whatever.
>
>     something that would be very useful i think is a day of irc
>     meeting with you
>     guys to do this kind of not immediately obvious prioritization and
>     maybe with
>     people taking tasks for actually fixing the ones with more priority.
>
>     next weeks are quite thehorror (talking at least for me and
>     probably aaron) we
>     could manage to do something in the second half of june a bit
>     before akademy
>     perhaps?
>
>
> I'll try and keep a list of bugs to check. When life allows it, I 
> lazily am around at irc, so if anyone is bored ;)
> A (minor) bugdays would be useful, but in the case of late June I 
> would combine oldbug-compression with the beta-polishing and a focus 
> on the latest bugs and regressions. Other than that, there is no real 
> urgency for me - as long as we can work our way to a reliable (and 
> short) buglist.
>
> Thijs
>
Some bugs need to be fixed before 4.9 is out: for example the Weather 
Station applet does not display anything anymore (API changes from ions 
I suppose) so it'll be either fixed or removed as we cannot seriously 
ship things that are really broken.

Anne-Marie


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    On 06/04/2012 11:41 AM, Thijs Heus wrote:
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Marco
        Martin <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:notmart@gmail.com" target="_blank">notmart@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
        wrote:<br>
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        </blockquote>
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            &gt; 2) Are the components useful? I could see a lot of use
            for grouping bugs,<br>
            &gt; and trying to keep a component bug free. But again -
            only when it is in<br>
            &gt; use. And what is the difference between e.g.
            containment-desktop and<br>
            &gt; desktop?<br>
            <br>
          </div>
          i think components are fine, maybe there could be a couple
          more but thise are<br>
          fine. in this particular case containment-desktop means
          strictly what happens<br>
          in the desktop background area, while desktop is the plasma
          desktop shell<br>
          application, the actual executable that creates desktops,
          panels etc. yeah i<br>
          know, jargon :/<br>
          <div><br>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
        <div>OK, clear. If there is one place where jargon is allowed,
          it is BKO, as long as it is being used consistently. I guess
          there has been a fair amount of mix up there, but I'll check.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
          <div>
            &gt; 3) There is a fair amount of bugs that need to be
            treated with the<br>
            &gt; authority and wisdom of a developer. I can be almost
            certain that a bug is<br>
            &gt; a wont fix, but only a dev can mark it as such. I could
            keep a list of such<br>
            &gt; bugs, and throw them over this mailing list once in a
            while, or perhaps a<br>
            &gt; flag "for_devs" could work here. This would not be
            meant as a kicking devs<br>
            &gt; to fix a bug, but should only take 2 minutes of time to
            comment/check<br>
            &gt; out/close/whatever.<br>
            <br>
          </div>
          something that would be very useful i think is a day of irc
          meeting with you<br>
          guys to do this kind of not immediately obvious prioritization
          and maybe with<br>
          people taking tasks for actually fixing the ones with more
          priority.<br>
          <br>
          next weeks are quite thehorror (talking at least for me and
          probably aaron) we<br>
          could manage to do something in the second half of june a bit
          before akademy<br>
          perhaps?<br>
        </blockquote>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I'll try and keep a list of bugs to check. When life allows
          it, I lazily am around at irc, so if anyone is bored ;)&nbsp;</div>
        <div>A (minor) bugdays would be useful, but in the case of late
          June I would combine oldbug-compression with the
          beta-polishing and a focus on the latest bugs and regressions.
          Other than that, there is no real urgency for me - as long as
          we can work our way to a reliable (and short) buglist.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Thijs</div>
      </div>
      <br>
    </blockquote>
    Some bugs need to be fixed before 4.9 is out: for example the
    Weather Station applet does not display anything anymore (API
    changes from ions I suppose) so it'll be either fixed or removed as
    we cannot seriously ship things that are really broken.<br>
    <br>
    Anne-Marie<br>
    <br>
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