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BugSquad Mentorship Program

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How To Request a Mentor

If you're new to the BugSquad and want to request a mentor you need to:

• Sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. (Requirement)

• Send an email to ubuntu-bugcontrol at lists.launchpad.net with the Subject: Mentorship Request - <<Your Name>> . And include:

  • A brief introduction about yourself;
  • Your launchpad ID;
  • Your IRC nickname (we use irc.ubuntu.com, on the #ubuntu-bugs channel). Although IRC presence is not a strict requirement, it will speed up your mentorship.
  • Provide an area of Interest (ie: Sound, Kernel, Desktop, Network, etc), if you don't know on which area to concentrate on, please also say that in your email.
  • timezone
  • time available to triage (estimate)

• As a recommendation you might want to read the HowToTriage, your mentor will help you if you have any doubts regarding the processes there.

How To Become a Mentor

All members of the Ubuntu BugControl team can be mentors; they just need to know how the community operates and the resources more than be knowledgeable in a subject. Their basic responsibilities are:

• Teach the basics regarding Bug Triage

  • Review the HowToTriage guide with the mentee in case there's any doubt of the process.

• Introduce the mentee to the general triage WorkFlow and life-cycle of a bug.

• Encourage the mentee to join the official channels of communication

  • BugSquad and QA Mailing list

  • IRC Channel: #ubuntu-bugs

• Introduce them to the related Ubuntu activities, Ubuntu Bug Days, Ubuntu QA and BugSquad Meetings, OpenWeek, etc.

• Encourage Package or Area of specialisation (ie: Server, Python, Kernel, Desktop, KDE, etc).

  • See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/AdoptPackage

• encourage the "Adopt a Package" programme (to be beefed up).

If you want to become one, please send an email to ubuntu-bugcontrol at lists.launchpad.net with the Subject: I Want to Become a Mentor - <<Your Name>>. And include:

• Area of specialisation (ie: Desktop, KDE, Python, Kernel, SRU, etc, and preferred #ubuntu-* channel.
• Launchpad ID.
• times generally available (please mark in UTC)

The Mentors receiving group will answer you shortly and add you to the list of available mentors.

Bugsquad Mentors

This is the current list of mentors on the BugSquad, please keep it up to date:

Mentorship Candidates

The table below lists the current candidates for mentorship. Where information is missing, it is noted as unknown. Please update both the Mentors/Candidates tables when taking on a candidate.