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float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td style="&quot; padding:0.5em; &quot;"><p class="line891"><div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li> <a href="#Requirements_for_joining">Requirements for joining</a><ol><li> <a href="#Generic_Requirements">Generic Requirements</a></li><li> <a href="#Requirements_for_Individuals">Requirements for Individuals</a><ol><li> <a href="#Application">Application</a></li><li> <a href="#Evaluation_Criteria_and_Process">Evaluation Criteria and Process</a><ol><li> <a href="#Example_Application">Example Application</a></li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <a href="#Requirements_for_Teams">Requirements for Teams</a><ol><li> <a href="#Application-1">Application</a></li><li> <a href="#Evaluation_Criteria">Evaluation Criteria</a></li><li> <a href="#Length_of_Membership">Length of Membership</a></li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <a href="#Links">Links</a></li></ol></li></ol></div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-3"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-4"></span><p class="line862">The Ubuntu Bug Control team (ubuntu-bugcontrol in Launchpad) is a subset of the <a href="/BugSquad">Ubuntu Bug Squad</a> who can change the <a href="/Bugs/Importance">importance</a> of Ubuntu bug tasks, set the <a href="/Bugs/Status">status</a> of an Ubuntu bug task to "Triaged" or "Won't Fix" and target a bug for a release of Ubuntu. You do this when you are <a href="/Bugs/Triage">triaging</a> bug reports. <span class="anchor" id="line-5"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-6"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Requirements_for_joining">Requirements for joining</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-7"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-8"></span><p class="line874">Both individuals and teams can join Ubuntu Bug Control. There are generic requirements and specific requirements. <span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="Generic-reqs"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span> <h3 id="Generic_Requirements">Generic Requirements</h3> <span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Understand <a href="/Bugs/Importance">Bugs/Importance</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Understand <a href="/Bugs/Status">Bugs/Status</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Understand <a href="/Bugs/Assignment">Bugs/Assignment</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Read <a href="/DebuggingProcedures">DebuggingProcedures</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Read the <a href="/Debugging">Debugging</a> sections relative to your interest. <span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h3 id="Requirements_for_Individuals">Requirements for Individuals</h3> <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span><p class="line874">To join Ubuntu Bug Control as an individual, you must: <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><ol type="1"><li>Be and promise to be polite to bug reporters, even if they are not polite, by signing the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. <span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Understand <a href="/Bugs/Triage">Bugs/Triage</a>, <a href="/Bugs/Assignment">assigning bugs</a>, choosing a bug task <a href="/Bugs/Status">status</a> and setting a bug task's <a href="/Bugs/Importance">importance</a>. There is a particular procedure for triaging and each possible importance has a specific meaning, so we want to make sure you understand the conventions. <span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Know the requirements for making an Apport crash report publicly visible. (By default these are private.) Documentation regarding this can be found at <a href="/Bugs/Triage#Apport_crash_reports">Triaging Apport crash reports</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span></li><li>Have a list of bug reports that you have worked on that demonstrate your understanding of the triage process. <span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span></li></ol><p class="line867"><img alt="Warning /!\" height="16" src="/moin_static198/light/img/icon_eek.png" title="Warning /!\" width="16" /> Requirement 4 can be waived if you are an upstream developer or bug triager or if a Ubuntu developer vouches for you (your triaging ability). <span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span><p class="line874">In order to join: <span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Complete the <a href="/UbuntuBugControl#Generic-reqs">generic requirements</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct">sign</a> the <a class="http" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct">Ubuntu Code of Conduct</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span></li><li>Improve some bug reports and keep a short list (at least 5) of your best ones. <span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="Application"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span> <h4 id="Application-1">Application</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><p class="line874">Ways to join: <span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Direct Application: e-mail your application to ubuntu-bugcontrol AT lists.launchpad.net; please copy & answer the questions below <span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span><ol type="1"><li>Do you promise to be polite to bug reporters even if they are rude to you or Ubuntu? Have you signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct? <span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Have you read <a href="/Bugs/Triage">Bugs/Triage</a>, <a href="/Bugs/Assignment">Bugs/Assignment</a>, <a href="/Bugs/Status">Bugs/Status</a> and <a href="/Bugs/Importance">Bugs/Importance</a>? Do you have any questions about that documentation? <span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span></li><li><p class="line862">What sensitive data should you look for in a private Apport crash report bug before making it public? See <a href="/Bugs/Triage">Bugs/Triage</a> for more information. <span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span></li><li>Is there a particular package or group of packages that you are interested in helping out with? <span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Please list five or more bug reports which you have triaged and include an explanation of your decisions. Please note that these bugs should be representative of your very best work and they should demonstrate your understanding of the triage process and how to properly handle bugs. For <strong>all</strong> the bugs in the list, please indicate what importance you would give it <strong>and</strong> explain the reasoning. <em>Please use urls in your list of bugs.</em> <span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span></li></ol></li></ul><p class="line874">Notes: <span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">If you are an upstream developer or bug triager for an upstream project contact <a class="https" href="https://launchpad.net/~brian-murray">Brian Murray</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Membership in some teams also grants membership to Ubuntu Bug Control, for example: <a class="interwiki" href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev" title="LaunchpadHome">ubuntu-core-dev</a>, <a class="interwiki" href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-doc" title="LaunchpadHome">ubuntu-core-doc</a>, and <a class="interwiki" href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev" title="LaunchpadHome">ubuntu-dev</a>. You can find if your team is a member by visiting the team's homepage and looking at the "Subteam of" section. <span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h4 id="Evaluation_Criteria_and_Process">Evaluation Criteria and Process</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-53"></span><p class="line874">The application review is a subjective process; however a list of what we usually look for follows: <span class="anchor" id="line-54"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-55"></span><ol type="1"><li>Has the applicant provided the importance they would give a bug report? <span class="anchor" id="line-56"></span></li><li>Does the reasoning for the bug Importance make sense? <span class="anchor" id="line-57"></span></li><li>Has the applicant provided an explanation for every bug provided, is it logical? <span class="anchor" id="line-58"></span></li><li>Is the applicant respectful and tactful in their communications? <span class="anchor" id="line-59"></span></li><li>Are the applicant's comments detailed and do they explain their actions? <span class="anchor" id="line-60"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Is the applicant following the <a href="/DebuggingProcedures">DebuggingProcedures</a> for the package the bug report is about? <span class="anchor" id="line-61"></span></li><li>Has the applicant made bug titles or descriptions more descriptive? <span class="anchor" id="line-62"></span></li><li>Has the applicant added any bug watches to bug reports? (Linked bugs upstream) <span class="anchor" id="line-63"></span></li><li>Has the applicant forwarded any bugs upstream? (Registered in upstream bug tracking system and reported a bug) <span class="anchor" id="line-64"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-65"></span></li></ol><p class="line874">The review process will take at least 7 days, to ensure that every Ubuntu Bug Control member has had an opportunity to review and comment on the application. <span class="anchor" id="line-66"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-67"></span><p class="line867"> <h5 id="Example_Application">Example Application</h5> <span class="anchor" id="line-68"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-69"></span><p class="line874">The following are examples of a high quality Bug Control application which contained lots of different types of triaging work. <span class="anchor" id="line-70"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-71"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-bugcontrol/msg00715.html">Application from Yofel</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-72"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-bugcontrol/msg01024.html">Application from Kamal Mostafa</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-73"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-bugcontrol/msg01083.html">Application from kermiac</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-74"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-76"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h3 id="Requirements_for_Teams">Requirements for Teams</h3> <span class="anchor" id="line-77"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-78"></span><ol type="1"><li><p class="line862">The team <strong>must</strong> be a closed or moderated one. <span class="anchor" id="line-79"></span></li><li><p class="line862">The team <strong>must</strong> require its members to <a class="https" href="https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct">sign</a> the <a class="http" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct">Ubuntu Code of Conduct</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-80"></span></li><li><p class="line862">The team <strong>must</strong> have at least one representative tasked with educating new members on Ubuntu Bug Control policies. <span class="anchor" id="line-81"></span></li><li><p class="line862">The representative above <strong>must</strong> be a current member, directly or indirectly, of Ubuntu Bug Control. <span class="anchor" id="line-82"></span></li><li><p class="line862">The team <strong>must</strong> limit their use of Ubuntu Bug Control permissions to a specific set of packages. (They should not be setting the importance of bugs about every package in Ubuntu.) <span class="anchor" id="line-83"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-84"></span></li></ol><p class="line867"> <h4 id="Application-2">Application</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-85"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-86"></span><p class="line874">One of the team's administrators should e-mail the team's application to ubuntu-bugcontrol AT lists.launchpad.net. Please give us: <span class="anchor" id="line-87"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-88"></span><ul><li>a brief reasoning of why it is important for the team to be a member. <span class="anchor" id="line-89"></span></li><li>a list of Ubuntu source packages which the team plans to work on. <span class="anchor" id="line-90"></span></li><li>identify who is/are the representative(s) -- give us the link to the Launchpad page of each one. <span class="anchor" id="line-91"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-92"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h4 id="Evaluation_Criteria">Evaluation Criteria</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-93"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-94"></span><p class="line874">One of the team's administrators will review the application and act on it. This may require e-mail/IRC exchange. Evaluation is subjective. <span class="anchor" id="line-95"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-96"></span><p class="line867"> <h4 id="Length_of_Membership">Length of Membership</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-97"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-98"></span><p class="line874">Initial membership will be set for three months from the date of approval; after this initial period, membership will be valid for one year. Approximately one week before the expiry date an email will be sent warning of the expiration, and requesting action. You are expected to renew when needed, following the email's directions. <span class="anchor" id="line-99"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-100"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Links">Links</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-101"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-102"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="/BugSquad">BugSquad</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-103"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/HelpingWithBugs">HelpingWithBugs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-104"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Bugs/Triage">Bugs/Triage</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-105"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Bugs/Importance">Bugs/Importance</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-106"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Bugs/Status">Bugs/Status</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-107"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Bugs/Assignment">Bugs/Assignment</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-108"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-bugcontrol">Ubuntu Bug Control in Launchpad</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-109"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-110"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-111"></span><a href="/CategoryBugSquad">CategoryBugSquad</a><br> <span class="anchor" id="line-112"></span><a href="/CategoryUbuntuTeams">CategoryUbuntuTeams</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-113"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div>  <div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="cat-links"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">UbuntuBugControl (last edited 2019-02-21 10:13:37 by <span title="brian-murray @ localhost[127.0.0.1]"><a class="interwiki" href="https://launchpad.net/~brian-murray" title="brian-murray @ localhost[127.0.0.1]">brian-murray</a></span>)</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearBoth"></div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="siteinfo"> <p> The material on this wiki is available under a free license, see <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/License">Copyright / License</a> for details. </p> </div> </div> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){ i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-1018242-7', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script></body> </html>