Research Bug Activity
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Research Bug Activity |
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Overview |
Learners will choose a fixed defect or feature, research its history, and summarize in an online format. |
Prerequisites |
Basic understanding of what a bug/enhancement is. |
Learning Objectives |
After successfully completing this activity, the learner should be able to:
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Process Skills Practiced |
Background
Read this Introduction to Bug Tracking Systems
Directions
- Go to the Gnome bugzilla instance: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/
- Find the MouseTrap closed bugs:
- From the main Gnome Bugzilla page, click on the Search icon
- Under Status select Closed
- Under Product select mousetrap (hint: repeatedly press 'm' until you tab down to mousetrap)
- In the Words slot enter 'fix'
- You should now see a list of closed bugs. Select a defect or feature from this list
- Read the bug report and history carefully to determine:
- When was the bug reported?
- Who reported the bug?
- What actions were taken on the bug and by whom?
- When was the bug fixed?
- What was the fix?
- Who made the fix.
- Report your findings in a blog post. Turn in a link to your blog post.
Deliverables
Provide a link to your blog post.
Assessment
Comments
Related activities: Intro to Bug Trackers (Activity)
ACM BoK Area & Unit(s) |
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ACM BoK Topic(s) |
Testing |
Difficulty |
Easy |
Estimated Time to Complete |
60 minutes |
Environment / Materials |
Access to Internet/Web and web browser. |
Author(s) |
Heidi Ellis |
Source | |
License |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License |
Suggestions for the Open Source Project
MouseTrap or other GNOME project.