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I'm Solveig.

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Here you have my contact info.

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I use Free Software and especially Debian[br]since quite some time now

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and I also contribute to Tails

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so my interests are in privacy…

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No? Yes? Do you hear me?

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I do some non-developer things

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and in Debian I found a way to contribute[br]without coding

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or maintaining packages which is to[br]triage bugs.

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Bug triaging, it helps,

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it's kind of non visible but it helps[br]Debian as a whole

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because maintainers don't always[br]have the time to deal

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with all their bug reports,

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some packages have a lot of[br]bug reports,

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like the kernel or Xorg.

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Also, it's a good way to improve the[br]package quality.

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When some packages have a lot of[br]bugs open against them,

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it can make it harder for the maintainers[br]to know which ones are

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solvable, actionable, and they can get a bit[br]over their head.

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So when you triage bugs, you help[br]everybody have a better experience

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with Debian.

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So, you want to do it.

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First, it's easy.

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You don't need to learn any new tool[br]supposing you already know

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how to read and write e-mail.

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So that's a low threshold to start.

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It's very rewarding, the maintainers are[br]happy when you help them,

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even if you don't touch their packages,

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if you sort their bugs, they'll be happy[br]and the users who submitted them

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will be happy that somebody looked[br]at them

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so it can be very joyful.

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Also, you search random bugs for packages[br]you don't necessarily know,

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so you learn about a lot of software[br]in Debian and

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some of them are really really surprising[br]and you…

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"Wha? What does this do?" and that's kind[br]of fun.

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And of course, it saves kittens.

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On this page, there's a…

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The bug triage page is a howto page[br]I made some years ago, with tips

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and this part, especially, has a list[br]of teams that added themselves

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so that they want you to help[br]sort their bugs.

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Those are the teams I worked with,[br]they're really really nice,

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they don't bite.

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They will let you know if you did an error,

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they will answer your questions,[br]you can work together.

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I don't recommend closing random bugs.

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If you go and touch packages from people[br]you have not warned

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or who are not willing to have somebody[br]touch their bugs,

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you might have backfire.

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To start, I think it's good to go packages[br]that you know people are happy

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if you help with.

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The first tool to triage bugs is UDD.

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I don't know if you've ever tried it,[br]the interface is really great.

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Here, that's UDD.

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So it's a bit arid like this, but

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it allows you to select many many[br]types of packages,

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we can see that later.

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Then you can choose a team or[br]other criteria

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and when you're happy about[br]your criteria, you search.

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It will give you a list of packages[br]corresponding to your criteria

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and you can select some more info[br]you want listed here.

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So, that's UDD search.

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I usually ignore the bug reports that[br]somebody has searched in the last year.

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Probably somebody else will look at them,

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let's look at those that are lost[br]in the limbos.

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I select wontfix, moreinfo, upstream or[br]unreproducible.

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Those are those that probably you can do[br]something on.

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And then you chose a team, preferably[br]one of those that is listed

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in the page we saw before.

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Once you'll have selected a bug and[br]something to do on it,

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you'll have to document what you do.

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Because you can change many many stuff[br]on the bug,

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you send the commands to[br]control@bugs.debian.org

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but it's always nice to put a small[br]a small sentence, or 2 or 3

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to say what made you conclude that is[br]the right change.

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Also make sure the e-mail where you do[br]the commands is sent

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to everybody interested, because[br]by default it only sends it

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to the maintainer and the submitter[br]in some cases.

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So if other people answered the bug[br]report saying

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"Hey, I have the bug too" or if upstream[br]came by to explain something,

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it's good to see all of those who[br]interacted on the bug report and

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put them all in copy.

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Ideally, people can receive the e-mail,[br]read what you're saying and

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don't have to go back to the bug page[br]to read it again.

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So that you should sum up the thread[br]if it was long and have them know everything.

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If you do massive triage, you should have[br]a few generic messages

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so you keep the messages and just[br]replace the words as needed.

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It saves you a lot of time.

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Also, it allows you to put a lot of[br]nice things in your generic e-mail

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that people are always happy to read[br]without more effort.

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You know, add a little "Thanks for[br]submitting the bug" or

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"That was a very interesting discussion"[br]or something like that.

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Let's keep the positive energy flowing.

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There are many ways to triage.

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One of them is trying to reproduce[br]bug reports.

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In the UDD we saw earlier, if you select[br]'unreproducible'

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Oh no… those that don't have the tag[br]'confirmed',

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these are bugs that one person submitted[br]but nobody knows if they're really

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still up to date or if it's just, somebody[br]submitted it but…

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If it's confirmed, there's more chance[br]that the maintainer will look at them.

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If they're really old, maybe they have been[br]corrected and nobody bothered

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to close the bug.

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If they're new, maybe you should have[br]them too, so see if it's the case.

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If it's the case, you write to this adress

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the 'nnn' is the number of the bug and[br]you add the tag 'confirmed'

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That's how we interact with control@b.d.o

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All the bug tracking is on a e-mail[br]interface

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'found bugnumber versionnumber'

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that's a command that control will[br]recognize,

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you give the bug number and what version[br]you're running.

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You add the tag 'confirmed'.

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Since you found it, you're 2, so it's[br]confirmed.

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And 'thanks', you always have to end[br]your e-mails to control with 'thanks'

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or 'thank you' or whatever variation[br]of it you want.

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The control is a very very polite beast[br]and likes you to be the same.

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If you don't put politeness, it won't work.

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Actually it's to tell them that the commands[br]are done, but

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let's be polite also with machines.