BugZappers

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:21 -0800, John Poelstra wrote:
> Lalit Dhiri said the following on 02/23/2009 06:30 AM Pacific Time:
> > Good afternoon all,
> > 
> > I am interested in singing up for the BugZappers system https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
> > 
> > Would anyone who is a current member or otherwise be able to confirm if it is acceptable to do tests / triage using a Live USB stick or in some cases use eg VirtualBox as I do not have a spare computer I could setup?
> > 
> 
> Absolutely!  We are glad that you want to help with what you have.
> 
> There has been some criticism of people not using bare metal in the 
> past, but for the most part it should not matter.  It really depends on 
> the component you are testing or types of bugs you are trying to 
> reproduce.  I'd probably stay away from investigating kernel bugs in a 
> virtual instance, but for most applications or utilities it should be 
> fine.  Maybe others agree or disagree?
> 
> Please come to our meeting tomorrow if you'd like to get more involved. 
>   Details in a separate email.

I'd add that triaging work doesn't really necessarily involve attempting
to reproduce the bugs all the time, in any case. At least, that's how I
interpret it, and I can't find any requirement for triagers to try and
reproduce the reports they are triaging in the Fedora policies.
-- 
Adam Williamson
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