[OPEN-ILS-DEV] NEXT WEEK: 3.0 feedback fest #1

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

As I mentioned a while back, I'm declaring next week, 15 to 19 May
2017, the inaugural feedback fest for the 3.0 cycle.

The goal of the fest is to give feedback on each and every outstanding
pull request. Feedback can take many forms, including:

* rebasing older pull request branches against the current master
* commenting on the bug and the proposed patches
* deciding if the bug no longer applies or (as might be the case with
some XUL interfaces) can be left alone
* testing and signing off on the patches
* writing automated test cases for pull requests that need them
* writing human test plans
* writing release notes entries

While some or many of the pull requests will hopefully get signed off
and merged during the fest, the primary goal is advancing each and
every pull request by providing feedback.

The wiki page https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:3.0:feedback_fest_1
lists the 57 open bugs that have the pullrequest tag but not the
signoff tag as of this morning. That's... a manageable number.

At this time I would like to ask each of the eleven active core
committers to give feedback on at least one bug a day from this list
next week.  That by itself would take us nearly all the way... but of
course, there are many more folks active in development work, and I
ask you all to pitch in.

I also encourage folks to participate loudly. What do I mean by that?
Sometimes, it would be enough just to add comments in Launchpad, but
sometimes a patch may have broader implications. If so, talk about it!
#evergreen and open-ils-dev are available. At minimum, though, please
make liberal use of Launchpad's bug assignment feature to indicate
when you are working on a given bug.

I'll be posting updates as the week progresses, and will not be shy
about tagging people if I think they would be in a particularly good
position to give feedback on a given bug.

Regards,

Galen
-- 
Galen Charlton
Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
Equinox Open Library Initiative
phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
web:  https://equinoxInitiative.org
direct: +1 770-709-5581
cell:   +1 404-984-4366