For anyone interested in helping bring WordPress 1.6 into the world, now is your chance.
This weekend we’re having a bug hunt. There are many roles to play even if you’re not an experienced coder. We need folks to verify reported issues and test patches, and the more people are available, I imagine the better the effort will be.
Skippy recommends that you have a WordPress blog to test from. This is preferrably going to be something you’re not insistant on keeping alive, but rather a local WordPress install that you can mangle and rebuild, since we’ll be working with the 1.6 alpha. I’m told that 1.5.2 bugs are going to be considered, too, if they haven’t already been fixed.
I’m going to guess that there will be more info available as the date rolls around, and you’ll be able to get it at the dedicated WordPress Bug-B-Que IRC channel, #wordpress-bugs on irc.freenode.com. Arm yourself with the knowledge that is already available over at the WordPress bug database. You can use your WordPress.org support forum login to login to the bug database.
If you do stop by, and you’re a newbie, you’ll recognize me as ringmaster on IRC. There should be plenty of WP-coding talent there, so be sure to take advantage if some bug in WordPress has been nagging you.
