Hello Hector, Please, read the different activities the Testing team performs [1] and the wiki pages under the Testing [2].
Once read, let us know any doubts you may have and the field which you want to help with. Cheers, Ara. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing On 01/13/2010 02:33 PM, hector kilembe wrote: > 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
