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Email Resources
- The [http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-bugbusters.html freebsd-bugbusters mailing list ] (for general discussion about bugbusting). Periodic postings include:
- Weekly posting of “PRs recommended for committer evaluation by the bugbusting team” (example: [http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200801211115.m0LBF0rp050882 20080121 posting ])
- The [http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-bugs.html freebsd-bugs mailing list ] (where incoming PRs for the kern, bin, and conf categories are posted, and sometimes discussion ensues). Periodic postings include:
- “Current problem reports” (example: [http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200801211106.m0LB62f9045949 20080121 posting ])
- “Current problem reports containing patches” (example: [http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200801211109.m0LB94Ul049051 20080121 posting ])
- “Current problem reports sorted by tag” (example: [http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200801211109.m0LB99T2049059 20080121 posting ])
- Weekly emailed reminders of assigned PRs, to each assignee (including various mailing lists)
IRC Resources
- #freebsd-bugbusters IRC channel on EFNet
Web Resources
- [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi Problem Report query ] webpage
- [http://www.freebsd.org/support/bugreports.html Problem Report Submission ] webpage
- [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/ Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports ] article
- [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pr-guidelines/ Problem Report Handling Guidelines ] article (for FreeBSD committers with access to GNATS)
- [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html Kernel Debugging Guide ] in the [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook Developer's Handbook ]
- [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html ACPI Debugging Guide ] in the Developer's Handbook. This is a good place to start if you are having problems with identifying hardware. (For instance, for many irq routing, hanging, device not accessible, panics, etc., you might want to see if disabling acpi fixes the problem in question. There are a large number of bad BIOS implementations out there; we put in hacks to work around as many as we can, but more are always needed.)
- [http://www.oook.cz/bsd/prstats/ GNATS PR statistics ] from pav
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~edwin/gnats/ GNATS PR statistics ] from edwin
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/recentprs_day.html New PRs in the last 24 hours]; [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/recentprs_week.html New PRs in the last week]; [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/recentprs_month.html New PRs in the last month]. They are static and generated once a day for now.
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/stalefeedback.html PRs in the feedback state which have not been modified in 2 months]. That one is static and generated once a day for now.
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/recommended_prs.html PRs recommended for committer evaluation by the bugbusting team]. That one is static and generated once a day for now.
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/pr_tag_index.html PRs indexed by tag]. That one is static and generated once a day for now.
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/prs_possibly_committed.html PRs which may have already been commited]. That one is static and generated once a day for now.
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/prs_for_tag_patch.html PRs with patches]. That one is static and generated once a day for now.
- [http://people.freebsd.org/~linimon/studies/prs/well_known_prs.html Well-Known PRs as determined by the bugbusting team]. That one is static and generated once a day for now. (This one is new and includes commentary and analysis.)
Wiki Resources
- Information about [“Bugathons”]
- [wiki:self:JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues Commonly Reported Issues] maintained by Jeremy Chadwick
- Information about [“Debugging”] with gdb on FreeBSD
- [wiki:self:KernelBugTriage Kernel Bug Report Triaging Guide ] (preliminary)
- A list of committers willing to have PRs [wiki:self:AssigningPRs assigned to them]. (This is in addition to the auto-assigns to mailing lists, and for ports)
- Bugbusting [wiki:self:Bugbusting/TipsAndTricks Tips and Tricks ]
- [wiki:self:BugBusting/Volunteers signup sheet for volunteers ]
- [wiki:self:MarkLinimon/ActionItems Mark Linimon's action items ]
- [wiki:self:PRsFor5.x PRs that only apply to 5.x] and thus can be closed [http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=5&day=31&year=2008&hour=23&min=59&sec=59&p0=0 after May]
Other Resources
- Auto-assignment of ports PRs (run by EdwinGroothuis)
- The bugmeister team, bugmeister@FreeBSD.org (responsible for the maintenance of the database and associated code)