Bugzilla & PR sprint on the first weekend of every month

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On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:48:15 UTC, Seb wrote:
> What do you guys think about having a dedicated "Bugzilla & PR 
> sprint" at the first weekend of very month?
>
> We could organize this a bit by posting the currently "hot" 
> bugs a few days ahead and also make sure that there are plenty 
> of "bootcamp" bugs, s.t. even newcomers can start to get 
> involved.
>
> Even if you aren't too much interested in this effort, being a 
> bit more active on Slack/IRC or responsive on GitHub on this 
> weekend would help, s.t. newcomers interested in squashing D 
> bugs get over the initial hurdles pretty quickly and we can 
> finally resolve the long-stalled PRs and find a consensus on 
> them.
>
> What do you think? Is this something worth trying?
>
> Maybe the DLF could also step in and provide small goodies for 
> all bug hunters of the weekend (e.g. a "D bug hunter" shirt if 
> you got more than X PRs merged).

I like this idea, but for reviewing/merging items as IMO that 
needs more focus (of course, we could combine the two).

Again, just my opinion, but a crucial part is coordination 
between regular committers to get stuff reviewed and merged fast 
(especially for new contributors participating with PRs). Being 
on Slack/IRC and being responsive is of course the big one there, 
as you mentioned. Maybe also creating gitter chats for 
dmd/druntime/phobos so new contributors have a single point of 
contact?

Due to a sharply increased workload at my day job I can't be 
available at most times for such a sprint, but I would 
participate over a weekend. If I know further in advance, I can 
commit to being active and available over the whole of the 
weekend. For this upcoming weekend, probably only Saturday and 
maybe Sunday night.

Whether anyone else wants to throw their hat in or not, I'll make 
sure to be online for Saturday at least, and dedicate a good 
portion of the day to reviewing PRs and trying to push them 
through.