[Melbourne-pm] Top 100 fail bug-squash, TONIGHT, 6:30pm

[Alec Clews]

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2009/9/9 Paul Fenwick <pjf at perltraining.com.au>:
> G'day Everyone,
>
> Reminder for tonight's meeting:
>
>   When:   TONIGHT, 9th September, 6:30pm
>
>   Where:  Remasys Pty Ltd
>           Level 1
>           180 Flinders St
>           MELBOURNE VIC 3121
>
>   What:   The Great Melbourne Perl Mongers Bug Squash!
>
> I've had a brief chat to Adam Kennedy about potential modules in need of
> bug-squashing.  He's actually come up with some fantastic suggestions.
>
> If you look at the *Volatile 100* (not the FAIL 100) list at:
>
>        http://ali.as/top100/
>
> You'll notice there's a big plateau which then drops off.  That plateau are
> essentially the modules used to install code from the CPAN.  If they fail,
> then everything is broken downstream.
>
> Adam suggested the triaging bugs in that list in particular would go a long
> way to making everything else work better.  In particular, "bugs" will tend
> to fall into one of three categories:
>
>        * A real bug
>        * A false positive that can be fixed
>        * A broken system
>
> The third ones we can't do much about, but the first two we can.  Real bugs
> can potentially be patched, and false positives can often be worked around
> (you're on X which acts funny with Y, we'll skip tests Z).  We can triage
> bugs without needing the systems they appear on, which makes things easier
> from an architecture standpoint.
>
> Adam also suggested three modules in the FAIL 100 that are known to be in
> need of attention:
>
>  * FCGI
>  * Test::Class
>  * List::MoreUtils (requires C programming skills)
>
> I'm afraid I'm going to be swamped with work for the rest of the day, so I
> won't be able to do much digging in depth, but this does give us a start for
> tonight's meeting, which may be meta-bug-squashing (finding the bugs that
> can be squashed).
>
> I also have a list of bugs and improvements needed for autodie that's about
> as long as my arm, should anyone want them.  ;)
>
> See you all tonight,
>
>        Paul
>
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