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* '''NOTE'''
** Thursday's class will be special, as we will have a guest speaker (Vladimir Vukicevic) flying here to talk to you about Mozilla Debugging Techniques and Tools.
== Week 9 (Nov 5) – Bug Fixing ==
* Finding a bug, filing, fixing, patching
* Code Review, [http://www.mozilla.org/owners.html Module Owners and Peers]
* Using '''CVS Log''' and '''Bonsai''' to determine who should review
* Example Bugs
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343416 Bug 343416]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335878 Bug 335878]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132183 Bug 132183]
* Lab - [[[[Thunderbird Bug Fix Lab|Fixing a bug in Thunderbird]]
* '''Readings/Resources'''
** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Getting_your_patch_in_the_tree Getting your patch in the tree]
** [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/lilmatt/2007/05/it_begins.html Personal blog account of fixing a bug]
** [http://fdiv.net/2007/05/15/the-secret-life-of-a-thunderbird-patch/#more-74 Personal blog account of fixing a bug in Thunderbird]
* '''TODO'''
** Complete your 0.2 plan and update your project wiki page.
** Blog about your 0.2 plans as well as any help you need from other students
** Complete and add 2 new contributions to your personal list of contributions.
** Complete this week's [[Thunderbird Bug Fix Lab|lab]] (hopefully during class time).
