Bug fixing and patch merging (was Re: Xfce 4.12 Release date)

[Steve Dodier-Lazaro]

A few more triaged bugs needing some attention: http://pastebin.com/eRGp6JLq

Thanks,

On 8 February 2015 at 20:00, Steve Dodier-Lazaro <sidnioulz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've cleaned up some of the bugs linked by Chris. See
> http://pastebin.com/QRdWwwL5
>
> Please, if you have commit privileges on one of the patches that have been
> reviewed, consider applying them and setting some time for a release.
>
> On 8 February 2015 at 17:55, André Miranda <andreldm1989 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 08/02/2015 10:34, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
>>
>>> +1. There are 300+ patches for open bug reports in the bugtracker:
>>> http://goo.gl/sLW8UA
>>>
>>> Many of the patches have never been reviewed or responded to.. it is
>>> obviously discouraging for potential contributors who take the time to
>>> create and submit a patch but never get any response.
>>>
>>> There are also a lot of bugs that get reported but sit in NEW state,
>>> many show no sign of ever being reviewed: http://goo.gl/OOwdQ3
>>>
>>> Could the bug report/patch review handling be improved? Would gerrit or
>>> some other patch handling tool help?
>>>
>>
>> I guess it would be a nice moment to put a bounty on those bugs that are
>> vital to solve but are nasty and/or time consuming.
>> Some sites and blogs out there are talking about Xfce 4.12, so it's a
>> great opportunity to attract new collaborators by making the Xfce's
>> bountysource page more visible. Maybe a note on Xfce main site should
>> suffice for now.
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