[plug] Fwd: [qa-dev] Request for help from QA members who use Debian

[Jacqueline McNally]

Hello PLUGgers

I receive some feedback (yeah this is good, it sucks) directly and via
the PLUG list wrt to OpenOffice.org. May I suggest that if you are using
Debian, that you help/contribute/give back to Debian and OOo by
responding to Chris' call for assistance (see below). The link for the
archived thread is:
http://qa.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=147217

Chris posted to the OOo QA dev list. The QA project
(http://qa.openoffice.org/) is a good way for people who wish to put
their toe in the water for the swim to becoming an OOo developer
(http://development.openoffice.org/index.html).

So, start with the Debian Bugs list (link in Chris' message) to tackle
it from the Debian end and respond to Chris' call for help, or have a
look at the OOo QA Project to tackle it from the OOo end.

You can help to make Debian and OOo better.

All the best
Jacqueline McNally
www.decisions-and-designs.com.au/jacqueline

Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
(www.openoffice.org)

Are you a computer angel? (www.computerangels.org.au)


-------- Original Message --------
Hi folks,

Are there any QA members on this list who also use Debian?  The Debian
bug tracking system has a growing number of open bugs against our
openoffice.org packages, and I am getting a bit overwhelmed.  I went
through quite a few bugs recently, and managed to reduce the number of
outstanding bugs from 110 to 95, but it's back up to 125 again now.

There are many outstanding bugs which probably are not caused by our
packaging itself, although I am reluctant to create new IssueZilla
issues without checking for existing issues, that the report is really
reproduceable, and that it isn't caused by a Debian-only patch.

Is there anyone who would be willing to help out?  Even if someone who
was familiar with frequently reported issues could just look through the
list of open bugs to spot duplicates it would be a big help.

The list of outstanding bugs is here:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=debian-openoffice@lists.debian.org

Many of the bugs in the 'normal' or 'minor' category have not had any
attention.  You can comment on a bug by sending mail to
nnnnn at bugs.debian.org, where nnnnn is the bug number.  All bug
discussions are also sent to the debian-openoffice mailing list.  There
is more information about using the Debian BTS at
http://www.debian.org/Bugs

Many thanks,
Chris
Debian packager & OOo developer