Re: PHP/QA Update

> Hello All, > > I thought that I should update everyone on what has been happening recently > with the QA effort. > > So far the bug cleaning work seems to be going well. The bug packs are > getting finished quickly. The developers also seem to be actively working > on closing many bug reports. > > We started with about 670 open bugs and have cut that number down by about > one-third. Not bad for only having started 4 days ago! > > Here are the actual numbers. > > PHP 4 Bugs * > ---------------- > Closed 1994 > Open 466 ** > Analyzed 30 > Suspended 6 > Duplicated 29 > Assigned 23 > Feedback 180 > ---- > Total 2728 > > * All of the bugs - except for submissions received after the July 22 and > bug packages 6, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 & 19 - have been summarily reviewed. We > should be able to close another 30 or 40 bug reports after these packs have > been reviewed. > > ** 25 new open bug reports accumulated between the 22nd and today > > > waldschrott has been churning through the bug reports at quite a steady pace. > > Joey has been working hard on a series of persistant problems (like > browser-caps - blech!) > > I have been trying to clear out as many simple or spurious bug reports as > possible - I have mostly stayed away from any compilation, installation and > ISAPI problems. > > > Regarding the status of the bug packs: I am sure that waldschrott will have > his remaining bug packs (16-19) finished in short order. > > jalal and Derick - do you have enough time to work on this right now - if > not, then would you like someone to take them off of your hands? > > > Once we have all of the bug packs reviewed, I propose that we go through > the remaining bugs and do the following things: > > Remove or update old feedback status bugs > Find all duplicate bugs > Group remaining bugs into packages based on the type of bug. > Try to validate the bug. > Try to find core developers who can work on the fixes. > s/core/competent/; # W/ Regards to PHP's internals I'm not a core developer, however I've got enough knowledge of PHP/Zend's internals to fix a good deal of bugs, and I'd be willing to work on the fixes. -Sterling