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== Regression window wanted ==
Regressions are defined when as something that used to work but doesn't work anymore and it's not wanted. Regression happen It is often and sometime it's very valuable for to developers to figure out know when the regression happened. They then know who broke the code, why it broke and what they should be careful about when fixing it again.
Finding the regression windows means finding the last version of Thunderbird on which the issue was not present and finding the first one in witch it was present. Gary has written a nice tutorial on [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2009/02/24/howto-find-regression-windows-through-manual-binary-search/ how to search for regression windows], it explain all what you need to do to participate.
* some time to download and test the builds (see gary's Howto above)
* a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=477656%2C482297%2C517509%2C387337%2C456156%2C466311%2C482432%2C487610%2C497643%2C499301%2C502767%2C503871%2C505949%2C508753%2C515400%2C484656&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Bug+Number&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= List of bugs for which the regression-window is wanted] .
* Join our [http://www.mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23tb-qa chat] to tell us which bug you are working on , to avoid two people to work on the same bug at the same time.
== QAwanted QA Wanted ==Qa QA wanted is kind of the same idea - there is a bug - but we don't know how to reproduce it. Reproducing the bug is the first step in fixing it. Sometimes figuring :
# do this
# then do that
# see the bug
can be very time consuming tedious - but this is needed in order to be able to fix bugs. So we use QAWANTED bugzilla keyword when we feel there is a bug , but more time needs to be spent investigating it and trying to figure out how the bug shows up.
To help here you'll need :
*# [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Client+Software&product=Thunderbird&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=qawanted&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Importance&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Thunderbird-only bugs] that have the qawanted keyword
*# [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Components&product=MailNews+Core&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=qawanted&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Seamonkey+Thunderbird bugs] that have the qawanted keyword
* Join our [http://www.mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23tb-qa chat] to tell us which bug you are working on , to avoid two people to work on the same bug at the same time.
* Telling us how you could reproduce, using some Steps To Reproduce (we call these STR), is what we seek.
* But Telling us that you couldn't reproduce the bug is very helpful too (well that is if you've spent more than 1/2 hour trying).
