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# $Id$
<define-tag pagetitle>Upcoming Debian Bug Squashing Parties</define-tag>
<define-tag release_date>2012-02-15</define-tag>
#use wml::debian::news
<p>
The Debian Project is pleased to announce that in the next few months
Bug Squashing Parties (<q><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP">BSP</a></q>s)
will take place in several countries.
The main focus of a Bug Squashing Party is to triage and fix bugs,
but it is also an opportunity for users less familiar with the BTS
to make other contributions to the Debian project, such as
translating package descriptions or improving the wiki.
Debian developers will be present to help contributors
understand how the project works and to help get fixes into
Debian.
</p>
<p>
During the coming weekend, 17-19 February, a BSP will be held at the
<a href="http://www.irill.org/">IRILL offices</a> in Paris, France.
This event will also be an opportunity for
potential contributors to meet Debian Developers or Maintainers. Numerous
regular contributors will attend this BSP and can help newcomers to
fix their first bugs.
For organizational reasons, registering on the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/02/fr/Paris">Debian wiki</a> is
mandatory.
</p>
<p>
On 2-4 March, a BSP will be held in Cambridge, UK: people
interested in attending it are invited to add their names to its
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/03/gb/Cambridge">wiki page</a>.
<br />
During the same weekend, 2-4 March, a BSP will also be held at
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/">credativ offices</a> in Mönchengladbach,
Germany: more information is available on the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP2012/Moenchengladbach">Debian wiki</a>.
<br />
The following weekend another BSP will take place, on 10-11 March:
<a href="http://www.plug.org.au/">Perth Linux Users Group</a> is
organizing a Debian Bug Squashing Party at the
<a href="http://www.ucc.asn.au/">University Computer Club</a> in Perth,
Western Australia. For more information, visit its
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/03/au/Perth">wiki page</a>.
<br />
Over 11-13 May, another Debian BSP will be held in the UK, at York.
For this BSP, however, there is an upper limit of ten to twelve attendees,
for logistical reasons. For more information visit the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/05/en/York">wiki page</a>.
</p>
<p>If you want to organize a BSP, you can find all the necessary
information on <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/HostingBSP">this wiki
page</a>.
The Debian Project invites all users and contributors to attend these
events and make <q>Wheezy</q> ready for release sooner!</p>
<h2>About Debian</h2>
<p>
The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<q>universal operating system</q>.
</p>
<h2>Contact Information</h2>
<p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
<a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to
<press@debian.org>.</p>
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