Bugday

Bugday is Article description::a single day each month devoted to improving Gentoo in all aspects.

Next Bugday: September 7th, 2019

Who: Gentoo community (developers and users) - organized by the Gentoo Bugday team.

When: Usually on the first Saturday of every month, when possible.

Time: 24h event.

Where: The #gentoo-bugs IRC channel on Freenode.

Requirements

 * 1) A Gentoo installation.
 * 2) An IRC client.
 * 3) A Gentoo Bugzilla account.
 * 4) A Gentoo Wiki account (optional).
 * 5) Good mood and a friendly attitude.

Tasks

 * 1) Fix bugs.
 * 2) Bug triaging.
 * 3) Version bumps.
 * 4) Close old fixed bugs.
 * 5) Add or improve documentation here on the wiki.

Bugs lists

 * Bugs with the Bugday flag
 * maintainer-wanted (all packages)
 * maintainer-wanted (new ebuilds)
 * maintainer-wanted (version bump)
 * maintainer-needed - Existing ebuilds that need a developer.
 * bugs last touched by year

Wiki articles

 * Requested articles - Articles about things our community would like to know more about, but haven't been written yet.
 * Contribute to articles in the Todo category:
 * Dirty - Clean up 'dirty' articles by improving grammar, punctuation, or clarity.
 * Outdated articles - Bring outdated articles up to speed on current practices.
 * Stub - Fill stub articles with appropriate content.
 * Misused templates - Fix misused templates.
 * Wikify articles - Add proper formatting to articles that need wikification.
 * Todo articles - Cross off itemized tasks that need action.
 * Open discussions - Complete open discussions and mark them as done.
 * Suggestions - Suggest wiki maintainers to make a wiki-wide change.

External resources

 * Ebuild Development Guide
 * The basics of Autotools