Bug management

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).

Timeline
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

Documentation

 * 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

Additional documents

 * 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