Hi guys am new to ubuntu and want to know how can join in with the testing issue ?
On 1/11/10, ubuntu-qa-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-qa-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com> wrote: > Send Ubuntu-qa mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-qa-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-qa-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-qa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing (Martin Owens) > 2. Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing (Martin Owens) > 3. Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing (Shane Fagan) > 4. RE: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing (Tom Uijldert) > 5. Help needed: Alpha 2 Testing next week (Ara Pulido) > 6. Re: Help Wanted: USB creator test cases (Ara Pulido) > 7. Help wanted: update test cases on wiki (Ronald McCollam) > 8. Re: Help wanted: update test cases on wiki (Shane Fagan) > 9. Re: Help wanted: update test cases on wiki (Vikram Dhillon) > 10. When does ISO testing start for Alpha 2? (Scott Ritchie) > 11. Re: When does ISO testing start for Alpha 2? (Ara Pulido) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:41:41 +0000 > From: Martin Owens <docto...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing > To: Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfa...@ubuntu.com> > Cc: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com, "Ubuntu local community team \(LoCo\) > contacts" <loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <1262738501.8125.4.ca...@delen> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I imagine that the event would be mostly just inviting people to come > and learn how to set up a testing environment. Perhaps getting something > set up for the end of feb would be enough time to prepare people for > Beta 1. > > Martin, > > On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 23:02 +0000, Shane Fagan wrote: >> March 18th I would suggest then so we can have a lot of testing done >> before beta 2 so issues can be ironed out. Although you can start >> testing now :) >> >> Regards >> Shane Fagan >> >> On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 21:55 +0000, Martin Owens wrote: >> > What's the date? We can make a pizza feast of it. >> > >> > Martin, >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:55:59 +0000 > From: Martin Owens <docto...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing > To: Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfa...@ubuntu.com> > Cc: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com, "Ubuntu local community team \(LoCo\) > contacts" <loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <1262728559.8125.0.ca...@delen> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > What's the date? We can make a pizza feast of it. > > Martin, > > On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 18:11 +0000, Shane Fagan wrote: >> Interesting idea Martin, I think it will be very helpful maybe we should >> try get something for Beta 1 of lucid? >> >> Regards >> Shane Fagan >> >> On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 21:43 +0000, Martin Owens wrote: >> > Is it useful to set up a qa-fest? local event to help people get alpha >> > testing set up and running? >> > >> > Martin, >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:04:56 +0000 > From: Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfa...@ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing > To: Ara Pulido <a...@ubuntu.com> > Cc: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com, Martin Owens <docto...@gmail.com>, > "Ubuntu local community team \(LoCo\) contacts" > <loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <1262905496.11281.23.ca...@shane-stable> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Ok so what day would best suit the testing day? Would February 24th be > fine for everyone? This will give a nice amount of time before beta > testing to get everyone settled. > At the moment the idea is that we have a testing day and a class on how > to test(thanks Ara). This is just to show people best practices and get > them involved and will be for locos and the community at large. The idea > behind having a lot of people testing is that if everyone tests their > favourite applications we will have great test coverage. > Anyone have any more suggestions? > > Regards > Shane Fagan > > On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 09:33 +0100, Ara Pulido wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> On 01/06/2010 01:58 AM, Shane Fagan wrote: >> > Good idea, so everyone can have a feel for testing by beta. So any >> > suggestions on a date or day of the week for the testing day? Would it >> > be a good idea to have a session on #ubuntu-classroom too and do a bit >> > of teaching at the start of the day? (since Ara is the testing god) Ara >> > so would you be interested in doing a session on how to test (like what >> > to look out for, how to do it in an organised way etc)? >> >> Sure, count me in! I think this is a great idea! >> >> Cheers, >> Ara. >> >> > >> > Regards >> > Shane Fagan >> > >> > On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 00:41 +0000, Martin Owens wrote: >> >> I imagine that the event would be mostly just inviting people to come >> >> and learn how to set up a testing environment. Perhaps getting >> >> something >> >> set up for the end of feb would be enough time to prepare people for >> >> Beta 1. >> >> >> >> Martin, >> >> >> >> On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 23:02 +0000, Shane Fagan wrote: >> >>> March 18th I would suggest then so we can have a lot of testing done >> >>> before beta 2 so issues can be ironed out. Although you can start >> >>> testing now :) >> >>> >> >>> Regards >> >>> Shane Fagan >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 21:55 +0000, Martin Owens wrote: >> >>>> What's the date? We can make a pizza feast of it. >> >>>> >> >>>> Martin, >> >>>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 09:05:48 +0100 > From: "Tom Uijldert" <tom.uijld...@gmail.com> > Subject: RE: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing > To: <ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <5b6f0d50ba9f432eb21fdaaa9fd59...@sysmx.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ubuntu-qa-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com >> [mailto:ubuntu-qa-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Shane Fagan >> Sent: vrijdag 8 januari 2010 0:05 >> To: Ara Pulido >> Cc: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com; Martin Owens; Ubuntu local >> community team (LoCo) contacts >> Subject: Re: Invitation to join 10.04 Alpha 1 testing >> >> Ok so what day would best suit the testing day? Would >> February 24th be fine for everyone? This will give a nice >> amount of time before beta testing to get everyone settled. >> At the moment the idea is that we have a testing day and a >> class on how to test(thanks Ara). This is just to show people >> best practices and get them involved and will be for locos >> and the community at large. The idea behind having a lot of >> people testing is that if everyone tests their favourite >> applications we will have great test coverage. >> Anyone have any more suggestions? > > Yes, please record the event for posterity. > > I'm not able to join in but _do_ want to follow activities. > > TIA, > Tom. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:07:37 +0100 > From: Ara Pulido <a...@ubuntu.com> > Subject: Help needed: Alpha 2 Testing next week > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com, ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <4b472009.2080...@ubuntu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello all, > > It is that time of the release cycle again :-) > > Next week, Thursday 14th, Lucid Alpha 2 is going to be released. But, > before that, we have to prove that our ISOs are good enough for release. > > >From Tuesday we will start testing the candidate images. To help, you > will need an account in the ISO tracker [1]. You should all have > accounts on the tracker from last time. Please register if you are new > to this or ask me if you need to know your login or have your password > reset :) > > This blog post is useful as starting guide of the ISO testing procedures: > > http://tinyurl.com/yjujh6c > > We will coordinate testing in #ubuntu-testing on freenode. Please, go > there often to see what others are testing or what needs to be tested. > > Thank you very much for your help and happy testing! > > Cheers, > Ara. > > [1] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:34:44 +0100 > From: Ara Pulido <a...@ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: Help Wanted: USB creator test cases > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <4b472664.1060...@ubuntu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Hello Scott, > > On 01/05/2010 05:26 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> In Kubuntu it's: >> >> Open System->Startup Disk Creator >> >> It would be nice to have that difference noted so Kubuntu testers won't be >> confused. >> > > Thanks for the suggestion. I changed the tests accordingly. > > Regards, > Ara. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:42:43 -0500 > From: Ronald McCollam <ronald.mccol...@canonical.com> > Subject: Help wanted: update test cases on wiki > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <1262968963.3613.24.ca...@cavil> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello everyone, > > As several people have pointed out, some of the test cases on the test > case wiki are out of date. As the distro has moved forward, the default > behavior and applications have changed, but the test cases haven't > always kept up. > > Is anyone willing to look through the wiki and take a stab at updating > these? > > http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/ > > This is a pretty straightforward task and a good way to get involved > even if you're not very familiar with QA or our processes. If you have > any questions about the expected behavior for a case, you can ask here > or on #ubuntu-quality or #ubuntu-testing on Freenode. > > This would be a huge help if anyone is willing to lend a hand. :) > > Thanks! > > - rm > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:01:33 +0000 > From: Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfa...@ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: Help wanted: update test cases on wiki > To: Ronald McCollam <ronald.mccol...@canonical.com> > Cc: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <1262970093.2518.23.ca...@shane-stable> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I wrote up a quick entry for the software center and added it to the > system testcases. http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/System/SoftwareCenter > I hope it is a good testcase its my first one. > > Regards > Shane Fagan > > On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 11:42 -0500, Ronald McCollam wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> As several people have pointed out, some of the test cases on the test >> case wiki are out of date. As the distro has moved forward, the default >> behavior and applications have changed, but the test cases haven't >> always kept up. >> >> Is anyone willing to look through the wiki and take a stab at updating >> these? >> >> http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/ >> >> This is a pretty straightforward task and a good way to get involved >> even if you're not very familiar with QA or our processes. If you have >> any questions about the expected behavior for a case, you can ask here >> or on #ubuntu-quality or #ubuntu-testing on Freenode. >> >> This would be a huge help if anyone is willing to lend a hand. :) >> >> Thanks! >> >> - rm >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:13:45 -0500 > From: Vikram Dhillon <dhillon...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Help wanted: update test cases on wiki > To: Ronald McCollam <ronald.mccol...@canonical.com> > Cc: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > <ea6602021001081213k567d642fnce6558e4fc537...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Ronald McCollam > <ronald.mccol...@canonical.com> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> As several people have pointed out, some of the test cases on the test >> case wiki are out of date. ?As the distro has moved forward, the default >> behavior and applications have changed, but the test cases haven't >> always kept up. >> >> Is anyone willing to look through the wiki and take a stab at updating >> these? >> >> http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/ >> >> This is a pretty straightforward task and a good way to get involved >> even if you're not very familiar with QA or our processes. ?If you have >> any questions about the expected behavior for a case, you can ask here >> or on #ubuntu-quality or #ubuntu-testing on Freenode. >> >> This would be a huge help if anyone is willing to lend a hand. :) >> >> Thanks! >> >> ?- rm >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-qa mailing list >> Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa >> > > I'll help out :) one question though is is possible for someone from > the team to make a wiki page listing what pages need to be updated or > may be tagging the pages that need updating. That makes focusing on > the task much easier. Sorry I don't want to create more work for you, > on the link you gave, I saw some pages like F-Spot and GIMP that need > to be removed/reorganised, other than that some apps seem to be fine > :) > > -- > Regards, > Vikram Dhillon > > ~~~ > There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but > only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. > -- Linus Torvalds > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:28:00 -0800 > From: Scott Ritchie <sc...@open-vote.org> > Subject: When does ISO testing start for Alpha 2? > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <4b4aa8d0.60...@open-vote.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I've got a nearly finished blog post about doing ISO testing for Alpha > 2, but it seems like it hasn't started yet. Another day or so? > > Thanks, > Scott Ritchie > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:35:10 +0100 > From: Ara Pulido <a...@ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: When does ISO testing start for Alpha 2? > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <4b4ad4ae.80...@ubuntu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > On 01/11/2010 05:28 AM, Scott Ritchie wrote: >> I've got a nearly finished blog post about doing ISO testing for Alpha >> 2, but it seems like it hasn't started yet. Another day or so? > > Hello Scott, > > The ISO testing starts when the release team considers that the ISO > build is good enough as candidate for the release. > > This normally happens late Monday or Tuesday of the week of the release. > > The best way to know when it has started is to keep an eye (or > subscribe) to the ISO tracker, to know when it changes. > > Regards, > Ara. > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Ubuntu-qa mailing list > Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa > > > End of Ubuntu-qa Digest, Vol 27, Issue 5 > **************************************** > -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
