Exploring R's Bugzilla
Last updated on 2022-11-01 | Edit this page
Estimated time 25 minutes
Overview
Questions
- Have you used or worked with Bugzilla before?
Objectives
- Work with some simple functionalities of Bugzilla to create tabular/graphical reports.
- Explore R's bug database.
Introduction
This lesson is divided into various challenges that you can try. Please refer to the Bugzilla webpage for all the challenges below.
Under construction!
Challenge 1: Locate the reports!
Once your are on the Bugzilla webpage, follow the instructions below to locate the reports:
- Go to reports
- Select Graphical Reports
- Alternatively, you could select the Tabular Reports
- Just ignore chart-specific instructions!
OUTPUT
[1] "There will be a screenshot of the solution here. Will be added soon!"
Challenge 2: Understanding the Resolution tab!
- On the horizontal axis, select
Resolution
- Go to the Resolution selection box, scroll to the end, press the Shift key as you click
MOVED
, so that all resolutions are selected - Click the
Generate Report
button to create a bar chart - Review the different resolutions
- How many bugs are open (have resolution
---
)?
Will be added soon! You can add a line with at least three colons and a solution
tag.
Challenge 3: Exploring a new report (Component
)!
- Start a new report
- On the horizontal axis, select
Component
- Check the box to specify vertical labels
- Select only Resolution
---
and generate a bar chart - Discuss the results:
- Which are the components with most/least open bugs?
- What do all the components mean?
- Which topics are you the most interested in?
Will be added soon! You can add a line with at least three colons and a solution
tag.
Challenge 4: Exploring another report (Version
)!
- Start a new report
- On the horizontal axis, select “Version”
- Check the box to specify vertical labels
- Select only Resolution
---
and generate a bar chart. - Discuss the results:
- What is the oldest version of R in an open bug report?
- What year was this from?
Will be added soon! You can add a line with at least three colons and a solution
tag.
Will be added soon! You can add a line with at least three colons and a solution
tag.
Challenge 6: Bonus Challenge!
- Start a new report
- On the horizontal axis, select “Assignee Real Name” and generate a bar chart
- Who is the odd one out?! Clue: https://www.r-project.org/contributors.html.
Will be added soon! You can add a line with at least three colons and a solution
tag.
Keypoints
- Use the Bugzilla webpage to complete the exercises in this lesson