Re: Help requested from LilyPond users

[Urs Liska]

Am 1. März 2015 18:55:52 MEZ, schrieb Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
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>From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
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>Subject: Re: Help requested from LilyPond users
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>> Am 01.03.2015 um 18:35 schrieb Phil Holmes:
>>> You may notice that, after almost 6 months, I've just uploaded a new
>>> version of LilyPond.  I think this is great news, but there's one
>>> downside.  Each LilyPond build includes a number of bug fixes and
>>> enhancements and we track these with our issue tracker.  Once we
>release
>>> the build, we check the issues are really fixed and update the
>tracker to
>>> confirm the fix.  The long gestation period of this release means
>this is
>>> something of a mammoth task: over 120 fixes to verify.
>>>
>>> I'm requesting everyone who benefits from the work on LilyPond to
>>> contribute to this effort.  Please look at
>>>
>>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/contributor/bug-squad-
>>> checklists
>>>
>>> "Regular maintenance".  If everyone who has used LilyPond in the
>last
>>> month or received a helpful answer to a post to this newsgroup
>verifies a
>>> few updates following these instructions, we can do this in a day.
>>>
>>> If any aspect of the instructions aren't clear, please ask
>>>
>>
>> The list of issues to verify can be found at:
>>
>https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=7&q=&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Stars+Owner+Patch+Needs+Summary&x=type&cells=tiles
>>
>> One question. Consider the option that many people go for it, how
>would 
>> you coordinate it?
>> a)
>> who starts on which issue?
>
>Pick one at random, check it and update it.  If it's going to take more
>than 
>30 seconds, add a comment: "I'm verifying".  If soemone beats you to
>it, 
>that's a shame but could happen.

Ok, reasonable. 

>
>> b)
>> how to mark issues as verified if a user doesn't have the privileges
>to 
>> mark?
>
>I believe no privilege is needed to update an issue.

I think only project nembers can change the status. The best someone else can 
do (I think) is adding a comment.
>
>--
>Phil Holmes