Portal:Bug Squad

Bug Squad Portal

This is the Joomla! Bug Squad Portal.

This is where you will find all the information you need as a Joomal! Bug Squad member.

Bug Squad Article

Join the Bug Squad

• To join the Bug Squad:
  • Set up an Username on Joomlacode (Click the Register new account in the Upper Right Corner)
  • Fill out this form https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC03MldWeGZvUnQxbm1qN2hCUHFtcnc6MQ JBS Roster]
  • Send an email request to Mark Dexter ( dextercowley AT gmail DOT com ) requesting membership in the Joomla! Bug Squad and provide him your Joomlacode Username

JBS Communication

• The Bug Squad uses IRC on Freenode: #joomla-bug-squad for interactive discussion (Web based Client, IRC cheat sheet). By using IRC you can always stay in touch with JBS:
  • Check JBS Office Hours and ask your questions to the JBS coordinators and team leaders.
  • Share your thoughts with others at the next JBS meetings:
• Calendar
  • • Thursday, 2 September at 14:00 GMT
    • Friday, 3 September, at 00:00 (midnight) GMT
• Mailing list
• Joomla! 1.6 Issue Tracker
• Coding_style_and_standards
• Joomla! 1.6 Code Repository (Username: anonymous Password: not required)

Teams

• Tracker Team – More on the tracker team
• Coding Team – More on the coding team
• Testing Team
• Automated Testing Team – More on the Automated Testing Team
• Migration / Upgrade Team

Teams are flexible and overlapping.

Manuals

• PHP
• MySQL
• Joomla! 1.5 API
• [ Joomla! 1.6 API]
• Mootools

Useful Information

• Issue Priorities
• Testing Checklists
• Patches
• Setting Up your Workstation

Setting Up Resources

• IRC Clients
• Tortoise SVN Client for Windows
• Other Subversion Clients
• XAMPP

Tips and tricks

• How_to_test_acl