New QA Volunteer

[Frank Dusett]

Hello,

I am a long time user and advocate of Openoffice software.  I can't
remember precisely when my first introduction to Openoffice was, but it
would have been around 8 -10 years ago.  Openoffice has enabled me to work
on office files and documents, without having to afford Microsoft's Office
software.  The extensiveness of capability and cross-compatibility, coupled
with ease of use, has kept me as a long time user of Openoffice.

Having experienced the benefits of the Openoffice software family, I want
the opportunity to give back, in any way that I can offer.  Reading that
there is a place for debug verification, I believe that is something that I
can be of immediate assistance with.  I love trying to push the limits of
software that I utilize, so this definitely fits.

I have office and technical skills, but not programming experience.  I am a
long time CAD operator, and business office software user.  Currently I am
a proposal process engineer working for KUKA Systems Aerospace Group.  If
any of my professional skills or experience can be of use as an Openoffice
volunteer, I would be thrilled to offer my contributions.

Kind regards,

Frank L Dusett

Fwd: Release status - Please test OpenOffice 4.1.2-RC2

[Andrea Pescetti]

(I'm forwarding this call for tests to the QA list and the l10n list)

It is very important to test OpenOffice 4.1.2-RC2 thoroughly: please
download it from
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/
and use it for your normal tasks but also to mark as "VERIFIED" the bugs
listed at
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem_id=170764=4.1.2_approved_and_fixed=run_id=7

Bugs marked as RESOLVED FIXED must be set to VERIFIED or REOPENED. Note
that many are still in RESOLVED FIXED state but have indeed been
verified if you read the issue. In that case it is enough to change the
issue status, but an extra verification is always helpful.

Remember, building a new Release Candidate takes time and effort, so:
- It is time to be more careful with release blockers: you can still
propose a Release Blocker, but please accept that it will likely be
denied unless we are sure that it is low-risk and important.
- I do not exclude that an RC3 will come, but we want RC2 to be fully
tested before building it, and we must definitely avoid an RC4.

These bugs are now open for a possible RC3:
- https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126586 from Damjan; nedds
more information, asked.
- https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=107619 Bug in Find & replace
with regular expression: already accepted blocker, solution was
incomplete in RC2, now supposedly fixed
- https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126582 When trying to access
a read/only share on Sharepoint an error is shown: This is new but it
addresses the same use case of the other Sharepoint fixes
- https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126573 Dictionaries were
actually not updated in some cases, probably due to a not completely
clean build, to be investigated
- https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126588 Portuguese dictionary
to be updated: I'll now ask the l10n list to suggest other possible
dictionary updates.

So: not many bugs so far, and not so bad. But we will have the full
picture only if everybody helps in testing, it's very easy to do so.

Regards,
  Andrea.




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Re: New QA Volunteer

[Frank Dusett]

Hello Denis,

Thank you for the welcome!

I would love to participate in boundary checking and defect confirmation
efforts, supporting the AOO 4.1.2 release candidate!  What steps do I need
to take to participate in these efforts?

Thank you for the prompt response!  I look forward to supporting in any
ways I am able as a volunteer.

Regards,

Frank L Dusett


On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:45 AM Dennis E. Hamilton 
wrote:

> Welcome Frank,
>
> Power users, such as I think you will find yourself to be, are perfect for
> checking the boundaries and confirmation of defects for Apache OpenOffice.
>
> Your participation is very welcome.
>
> Others will suggest good places to start.
>
> An important immediate case is verifying that there are no regressions in
> the current AOO 4.1.2 release candidate and confirming that the defects
> claimed to be fixed are (1) evidently fixed and (2) have no unintended
> consequences.
>
> Please ask questions [;<).
>
>  - Dennis
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Frank Dusett [mailto:frdus...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 05:42
> To: qa@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: New QA Volunteer
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a long time user and advocate of Openoffice software.  I can't
> remember precisely when my first introduction to Openoffice was, but it
> would have been around 8 -10 years ago.  Openoffice has enabled me to work
> on office files and documents, without having to afford Microsoft's Office
> software.  The extensiveness of capability and cross-compatibility, coupled
> with ease of use, has kept me as a long time user of Openoffice.
>
> Having experienced the benefits of the Openoffice software family, I want
> the opportunity to give back, in any way that I can offer.  Reading that
> there is a place for debug verification, I believe that is something that I
> can be of immediate assistance with.  I love trying to push the limits of
> software that I utilize, so this definitely fits.
>
> I have office and technical skills, but not programming experience.  I am a
> long time CAD operator, and business office software user.  Currently I am
> a proposal process engineer working for KUKA Systems Aerospace Group.  If
> any of my professional skills or experience can be of use as an Openoffice
> volunteer, I would be thrilled to offer my contributions.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Frank L Dusett
>
>

Re: karma needed on a query

[Marcus]

Am 10/15/2015 09:20 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk:

The following query is being referenced in the release notes for
4.1.2 for "fixed issues"--

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem_id=170710=4.1.2_approved_and_fixed=run_id=7

Unfortunately, I do not have "rights" to make this "public" without
the need for a BZ login. Can one of our BZ admins make this happen?


I've not found an option to enable this query for every BZ user even 
when they are not logged-in. The query Therefore I've put this query to 
the footer of every BZ webpage.


When you go into your BZ preferences and then into your saved searches, 
maybe you can see a special option for oyur own queries.


HTH

Marcus


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Re: Release status - Please test OpenOffice 4.1.2-RC2

[Hemu Hemendra]

hello Qa team,

how to download latest version , i found some bugs
in previous versions. can it be resolved in upcoming versions.

Regards,
hemendra

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:34 AM, Marcus  wrote:

> Am 10/15/2015 10:50 AM, schrieb Pedro Lino:
>
>> Bugs marked as RESOLVED FIXED must be set to VERIFIED or REOPENED. Note
>>
>>> that many are still in RESOLVED FIXED state but have indeed been
>>> verified if you read the issue. In that case it is enough to change the
>>> issue status, but an extra verification is always helpful.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have Verified several Fixed bugs but only in Comments since I don't
>> have permission to change Status.
>>
>> Do I need a special permission from someone or this is a bug in bugzilla?
>>
>
> I've added you to the "canconfirm" and "qa-team" groups. I think you
> should be able to change the issue status now. If not, just tell me.
>
> Marcus
>
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karma needed on a query

[Kay Schenk]

The following query is being referenced in the release notes for
4.1.2 for "fixed issues"--

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem_id=170710=4.1.2_approved_and_fixed=run_id=7

Unfortunately, I do not have "rights" to make this "public" without
the need for a BZ login. Can one of our BZ admins make this happen?
Thanks.
-- 

MzK

“The journey of a thousand miles begins
 with a single step.”
  --Lao Tzu



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