[Debian-uk] Who's up for a UK BSP for Lenny?

[Neil Williams]

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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:18:25 +0000
Matthew Johnson <mjj29@debian.org> wrote:

> On Wed Dec 10 09:22, Paul Waring wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:38:34PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
> > > I found it a lot easier to concentrate on actually fixing bugs
> > > during Extremadura than I do at home and I'd like to see if UK
> > > developers could get together to get Lenny out of the door before
> > > FOSDEM.
> > >=20
> > > How many people have time off around Xmas that isn't full of
> > > family visits and what not?
> >=20
> > I'd be interested, though only if it was possible to participate
> > over IRC or some other virtual mechanism as just getting to/from
> > Cambridge would use up half the hours in a day.

I find the opposite is true - just participating via IRC means that
things at home interfere with actually getting things fixed and the
wasted time is then interspersed throughout the day(s) and actually
accounts for more time overall. Nobody is accountable over IRC, you can
wander away at any moment - it's easier to keep the concentration when
others are in the same room.

I guess it might be because I've got so many different things to get
done and although it is entirely self-defeating, working on stuff that
needs to be fixed *after* Lenny is released is more enticing than
actually fixing Lenny so that it can be released. I need the feedback
from others to keep my attention on the bug fixes.

So whilst I'll still be around on IRC trying to fix what I can anyway,
I thought that getting people together would be more effective at this
stage. Something about the remaining bugs just seems to warrant a
collective approach.

> 3rd/4th January is a weekend so could be possible? I might be able to
> offer a house near Steve's, Both my house mates will be away.

Sounds like a great idea, thanks Matt.

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