Bug management/Triage/20130503



On May 03rd 2013, we're cleaning up some bug reports about the MediaWiki Installer.

MediaWiki installer bug reports
What: Bug Triage of recent Installer bug reports - see the 71 Installer bug reports that got changed in the last 12 months: full list of reports. We will be focusing on cleaning up, improving the quality of the reports, and retesting some. Note that the latter might often require a computer to install on. For testing either MediaWiki version 1.20.5, or [mw:Download_from_Git|git master] only if you are adventurous, are recommended.

When: May 03rd, 2013, from 15:00 UTC until 16:30 UTC. This is an ongoing activity: you can arrive / leave at any time.

Where: IRC channel. After joining on IRC, say Hello Bug Squad!. Look for users. We will welcome you with instructions and help. Our progress is documented in the Bug Day Etherpad.

Who: Anyone who is interested, including you!

Why: A new MediaWiki release (version 1.21) is planned for later this month.

See also How to triage.

This is a weekly QA activity organized by the Bug Squad team. Join us!

Attendees

 * - Trying to tame some bug reports and having fun hanging out with others on IRC!

Reports
In the dedicated session, 8 reports were updated:


 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42205
 * Could reproduce. Increasing priority and severity.
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26689
 * Not reproducible
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29929
 * Not high prio anymore, as hexmode confirmed
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28304
 * Still valid, but cannot come up with solution. Maybe WONTFIX?
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30524
 * Still valid.
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24771
 * Still valid.
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44211
 * Closed as duplicate
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40966
 * Still valid.

1 new bug was found while testing:
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48149

Other Installer bug reports received updates already earlier that week as part of the preparation of this bugday, such as:


 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26691
 * Closed as fixed
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28162
 * removed patch keyword as patch is in Git
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24751
 * Still valid, bumped version and clarified summary
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31533
 * decreased priority

Highlights
To do

Promotion

 * Announcement sent to wikitech-l.
 * Invitation sent to 47 bug reporters and wikitech-announce.
 * Sent via Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and identi.ca.

Evaluation

 * For an example, see QA/Browser testing/Search features.

To do