Weekly overview of the bug-hunting category- week 58, 2019

in #utopian-io • 5 years ago (edited)

This is a report on the weekly contributions to the bug hunting category. The post contains basic stats like the number of contributions received by the category, an excerpt on new contributors if there are any and a detailed comparison of the week's output with previous weeks.

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Previous Reports

Bug hunting contributions summary

  • Week 58: January 31st - February 7th
  • 9 Contributions, 8 scored higher than 0
  • An average score of 55.75
  • 8 unique contributors

The contributions

ContributorURLProjectScore
@stmdevhivemind-inconsistent-reputation-representationsteemit/hivemind60
@harry-heightzopening-notification-should-take-user-directly-to-content-they-are-being-notified-abouteSteem v238
@stmdevbeem-0-20-17-blockchain-stream-block-fail-with-only-ops-true-on-blocks-without-opsbeem v280
@aafengcannot-see-voters-count-for-some-postssteemit/condenser30
@blockchainstudiocomments-tab-and-delegation-detail-don-t-work-etceSteem v285
@tdrecreating-a-poll-with-lengthy-answer-encounters-500-responsedpoll48
@nawab69actifit-can-t-run-in-my-deviceactifit0
@horpeyfavouriteicondoesnotindicateusersalreadyonthelisteSteem v245
@tobias-gunable-to-load-swapsteem-via-https-resolvedswapsteem60

This week we had 9 contributions, 6 less than we did last week. The esteem app is still the project with the most contributions. This week it received 3 of the 9 contributions.

8 of the 9 reports were scored higher than 0.

The highest scored contribution was by @blockchainstudio, his report was a collection of 5 bugs affecting eSteem Surfer 2.0.5. There was also a contribution from @stmdev to the beem project that was scored high as well, he had noticed :

blockchain.stream(start, stop, only_ops=True) and Block(blocknum, only_ops=True) fail with a BlockDoesNotExistsException if the block contains no operations.

Weekly Average Score and number of Contributions

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Chart breakdown:

  • The average score this week is 55.75
  • The average score is approximately 10.5% higher than the 4 week average of 49.87.
  • This week's average is higher than the 4-week average by 5.88.
  • It is higher than last week's average of 43.75 by 12, that is 21.5% higher. Overall we can say that the quality of contributions increased this week.

Hunter Totals and Average

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  • This week we had 8 unique contributors, 2 less than last week
  • There were 2 reports by a single contributor, @stmdev. 1 each from the other 7.
  • @horpey is still the category's top contributor with 12 finds. That is 12 finds since the start of the new year, he's closely followed by @blockchainstudio with 11
  • Approximately 44% of the contributions were scored higher than the week's average

Reports Reviewed By Reviewer

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The category has received 61 contributions this year, 2019. 56 were rewarded and scored higher than 0. However, in the past 4 weeks there were 49 bug reports scored higher than 0. These 49 were assessed by 2 reviewers.

Average review scores in the past 4 weeks
  • @fego has reviewed 34 contributions with an average score of 50.34.
  • @tobias-g has reviewed 15 contributions with an average score of 48.8.

Common Mistakes And How To Fix Them

I will be highlighting the common mistakes found this week, and I will be offering tips on how to avoid them in future contributions. The tips will depend solely on the scores received by the contributions in a particular week.

1. Contributions scored 0

The feature is intended and is not a bug.

  • My advice here is - if you are not sure it's a bug, then wait for the PO to affirm your observations. I know most times the project owners are too busy and do not respond in reasonable time and so you are pushed to post on utopian without them first acknowledging whether an observed behavior is a bug or an intended. It can be frustrating but I'd still advise that hunters in the future should wait for the PO's thoughts, especially in cases where the details behind the implementation in question are sketchy.
2. Contributions with a score below 40

The title provided sufficient information, but the description of the steps to bug reproduction severely lacked in clarity..

  • To avoid being scored with this option in the questionnaire, contributors are advised to always include sufficient detail to reproduce the bug, as well as screenshots, video recordings or animated GIFs if they help to describe and identify the reported bug. These details should be within the context of the bug. Recording or documenting steps that are irrelevant to the bug will affect your score.

Other News

While the new guidelines are yet to be implemented, bug-hunters and open source enthusiasts looking to help open source projects, please take a look at our whitelist of projects that you can submit bug reports for:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S7ayFTEy5CBMyeJvFRgq5JUjlqZxFjWAWhhrBL0GC60/edit#gid=1954068373

If you wish to have your open source projects added to our whitelist you can contact us on our help channel at our discord server. You can also leave your questions and comments below :)

Thanks

@fego

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     5 years ago (edited)

    Thanks for your good work this week. I appreciate how you consistently provide the weekly for the Bug-hunting category. As always, the report is comprehensive and informative. I like the visuals included because they make the information clearer. Despite the drop in contributions, the increase in average score shows there was a little increase in quality.

    The metric set for #iamutopian publications is very different from regular blogs. However, the rating for quality writing is included. This report looks great, but you could have a little check on your texts. Writing 1000 words without a single error or mistake is not easy, but it's possible. So, to reduce or avoid grammar issues, I'd recommend Grammarly paid version and Hemingway to improve readability.

    Please note that while the CM hasn't changed the footer, I am not scoring #iamutopian posts based on the questionnaire. They have their own metric, and that will be the case until we go live with the new guidelines and new questionnaire, which will be comprehensive enough to reflect these types of posts.

    To view those questions and the relevant answers related to your post, click here.

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     5 years ago 

    Can you please point out the grammar errors in the text. It would help me in future contributions

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     5 years ago 

    Your first paragraph contains only two sentences, but for better readability, it could be 3 or 4 sentences depending on the phrasing.

    Also, I want you to read this sentence without breathing.

    I know most times the project owners are too busy and do not respond in reasonable time and so you are pushed to post on utopian without them first acknowledging whether an observed behavior is a bug or an intended.

    How easy? Short sentences help readers to absorb information easily. Commas, colons and periods at appropriate places do a lot.

    My advise here is

    The right word should be advice. It fit into the context than ''advise''.

    There are more issues within the post. I just picked little from the texts.

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      Thank you for your review, @tykee! Keep up the good work!

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