Bug management

Management of Wikimedia's bug tracker.

Wikimedia's Bugzilla installation is used to track bugs and feature requests related to MediaWiki and other Wikimedia-specific components.

Sorting and solving bugs is a collaborative effort by users and developers of the community; they're supported by the bugmeister.

Since January 2011, the Wikimedia bugmeister is Mark A. Hershberger (user: MarkAHershberger; committer: mah; irc: hexmode).

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2012-04-monthly: Mark Hershberger used the deployment of MediaWiki 1.20wmf1 to gather volunteers for the Bug Squad. He has begun working with volunteers on IRC to coordinate bug-grooming activities.

Bug management is a perennial activity. Nonetheless, over 2011, the Bugmeister will:

write documentation for filing bugs
work to design and develop a friendly way (perhaps an extension) to allow Wikipedia users to report problems and record them in Bugzilla
coordinate, triage, and organize the current bugs in Bugzilla
coordinate the release of MediaWiki 1.18

Bugzilla usage: an explanation of how the bugmeister is using Bugzilla.
How are bugs fixed: How bugs are marked “Resolved: FIXED”
Triage: information on the regular bug triage sessions, and tips on gardening our bug database

Workflow: A proposal for a new workflow on problem entry that would lead the user to OTRS, RT, or Bugzilla as appropriate
Mark Hershberger's weekly reports
Status updates
Annoying little bugs