====== Bug Squashing Party ======

This page is intended to be used to coordinate the work at Bug Squashing Parties (BSP) of the grml team. A Bug Squashing Party is a come-together of grml developers and grml enthusiasts on a specified timeframe where these persons try to fix as many bugs as possible. Also see [[http://wiki.debian.org/BSP|BSP@debian-wiki]].

===== History =====

  * [[http://grml.supersized.org/archives/307-results-of-the-bugsquashing-party-on-2009-02-12.html|Results from BSP on 2009-02-12]]

===== Upcoming events =====

==== 2009-XX-XX ====

Notice: date not fixed yet, using ‘XXX’ as placeholder for now instead.

  * Takes place on thursday, **2009-XX-XX - starting at 02:00p.m.** with open end
  * Everyone is welcome to join!
  * Coordination takes place via IRC - #grmldev on freenode
  * Starting with XXX open bugreports.

==== Who? ====

  * XXX

==== How? ====

  * Just join IRC channel #grmldev on freenode and check out the following roadmap.
  * Announce the issue you're working on if possible so there aren't any collisions.
  * Any questions? Just ask on IRC!

==== Roadmap ====

  * Dig through the [[http://bts.grml.org/|grml bug tracking system]]:
    * Which bugs can be closed (due to being outdated, won't fix,...)?
    * Which bugs need special attention? Tag them with 'release-stopper'-tag!
    * Which packages need to be updated, being pushed to Debian, packaged,..? See [[http://tinyurl.com/d7jnd9|bugs with priority 'packages']]
    * Make sure any bug is assigned to a person. I've you're interested to work any issue just grab it!
    * Make sure there aren't any bugs older than 4 weeks without any further updates/information/....
  * Testing:
    * Grab [[http://daily.grml.org/|daily snapshots]] and check out what's broken
    * Test [[http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob_plain;f=templates/GRML/grml-cheatcodes.txt;hb=HEAD|bootoptions]]
    * Play with live-snapshot/persistent root feature, debs/script[s]/... bootoptions
  * Audit grml-packages (what needs to be updated, any cool new features,...?) - especially:
    * grml-etc: fix dpkg-divert issue when removing the package, which configs should be updated?
    * grml-etc-core: audit vimrc, screenrc,...
    * grml-scripts: which scripts are deprecated / out-dated / suck?
  * Documentation:
    * Walk through the grml-wiki and check for outdated information
    * What's missing in our docs? What would you like to see?
    * Work on gebi's autodoc