The goal of the fest is to give feedback on each and every outstanding pull request. Feedback can take many forms, including:

• rebasing older pull request branches against the current master
• commenting on the bug and the proposed patches
• deciding if the bug no longer applies
• testing and signing off on the patches
• writing automated test cases for pull requests that need them
• writing human test plans
• writing release notes entries

While some or many of the pull requests will hopefully get signed off and merged during the fest, the primary goal is advancing each and every pull request by providing feedback.