On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi rob > > I am sorry about the previous mail, I was sending from my smartphone, I > accidentally sent you half typed mail. > I can try on Ubuntu, centos as well. > > Please let me know if you need any information about my hardware. >
Thanks. Among our users Windows is the most popular platform. So getting good coverage there is key. If you have a good desktop machine, using virtual machines is a powerful approach to managing multiple configurations. For example, I have a quad-core machine set up with VirtualBox (free download; https://www.virtualbox.org/). Initially I created virtual machines for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 Preview and Ubuntu. Then I cloned some of them to install earlier versions of OpenOffice, like 3.3.0 and 3.4.0. Then when a new 'dev snapshot" build comes out I can quickly test it on multiple platforms, including how it installs over previous versions. Using a virtual machine also helps protect your main environment as well. You never know -- a test build could have a bug that messes up your system. Testing in a virtual machine is safer. Zhe Liu had some good links on where to sign up for the bug database, where to download snapshot builds, etc. -Rob > Thanks rob > > Vinay > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Thanks a lot for letting me join the QA team. I am fairly new QA, I do have >>> theoretical understanding of testing process, I would like to work on this >>> project so that I can get practical skills and learn more from my seniors. >>> >> >> >> Welcome to the AOO project, Vinay! >> >> What platforms(s) can you run OpenOffice on? >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >>> I am currently starting to get information from this page >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Site-QA-Plan, please >>> kindly let me know where I can start off. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Regards >>> Vinay
