An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates
 

Hi,

it's that time again, the end of a cycle is at hand. This time it's something
special, too. (yea I know we always say that) But it's the first LTS (long term
support) release with the new system basing on Xubuntu (and its XFCE Desktop
Environment), so we'd like to ask for Your assistance in making sure all
possible wrinkles are getting ironed out, to provide as bug-free release as
possible.

So, if you feel like you have a few spare hours during the next two weeks or so
(the exact dates will be announced later), and have an access to a USB stick, a
DVD+RW disc (or just several non-re-writables) and a machine you can play with,
please help testing the images!

The website where ISO testing is tracked can be found at [0], it already has the
earlier milestones listed on the front page, but will contain the final release
candidate tests in due time. Please note that the daily image testing is
on-going as you read this, so participating is already possible, and not only
that but highly appreciated. If you have questions regarding the testing, or
just want to discuss about anything related, feel free to 0) respond to this
message, 1) start a new thread on either list, 2) join us on IRC at [1] or [2].

I do want to highlight the recommendation of reading the testcases, though, so
that full potential of the testruns could be acquired. But every bit of
information counts, so thanks in advance for all that are filed.

More details will be posted again as we are nearing towards the action, this is
just a heads-up so that you can plan accordingly. Thanks for participating and
making Ubuntu (Studio) better, and overall for being a part of the community!

[0] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com
[1] #ubuntustudio-devel on irc.freenode.net
[2] #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net


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An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates
 

Hi Janne,
Can you tell me where I can find the test cases? (or some sort of testing script I can follow) I'm not such an experienced tester (which is why I want to help out and gain more experience), but I could definitely spare a few hours over the next few weeks.

Stuart
From: Janne Jokitalo <astraljava@kapsi.fi>
To:
ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com; ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 7:50
Subject: An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates

Hi,

it's that time again, the end of a cycle is at hand. This time it's something
special, too. (yea I know we always say that) But it's the first LTS (long term
support) release with the new system basing on Xubuntu (and its XFCE Desktop
Environment), so we'd like to ask for Your assistance in making sure all
possible wrinkles are getting ironed out, to provide as bug-free release as
possible.

So, if you feel like you have a few spare hours during the next two weeks or so
(the exact dates will be announced later), and have an access to a USB stick, a
DVD+RW disc (or just several non-re-writables) and a machine you can play
with,
please help testing the images!

The website where ISO testing is tracked can be found at [0], it already has the
earlier milestones listed on the front page, but will contain the final release
candidate tests in due time. Please note that the daily image testing is
on-going as you read this, so participating is already possible, and not only
that but highly appreciated. If you have questions regarding the testing, or
just want to discuss about anything related, feel free to 0) respond to this
message, 1) start a new thread on either list, 2) join us on IRC at [1] or [2].

I do want to highlight the recommendation of reading the testcases, though, so
that full potential of the testruns could be acquired. But every bit of
information counts, so thanks in advance for all that are filed.

More details will be posted again as we are nearing towards the action, this is
just a heads-up so that you can plan
accordingly. Thanks for participating and
making Ubuntu (Studio) better, and overall for being a part of the community!

[0] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com
[1] #ubuntustudio-devel on irc.freenode.net
[2] #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net


Best regards,

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An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates
 

Apologies - I meant to send this directly to Janne...

Stuart
From: Stuart McQuade <stuart.mcquade@yahoo.com>
To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion <ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 13:37
Subject: Re: An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates


Hi Janne,
Can you tell me where I can find the test cases? (or some sort of testing script I can follow) I'm not such an experienced tester (which is why I want to help out and gain more experience), but I could definitely spare a few hours over the next few weeks.

Stuart
From: Janne Jokitalo <astraljava@kapsi.fi>
To:
ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com; ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 7:50
Subject: An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates

Hi,

it's that time again, the end of a cycle is at hand. This time it's something
special, too. (yea I know we always say that) But it's the first LTS (long term
support) release with the new system basing on Xubuntu (and its XFCE Desktop
Environment), so we'd like to ask for Your assistance in making sure all
possible wrinkles are getting ironed out, to provide as bug-free release as
possible.

So, if you feel like you have a few spare hours during the next two weeks or so
(the exact dates will be announced later), and have an access to a USB stick, a
DVD+RW disc (or just several non-re-writables) and a machine you can play
with,
please help testing the images!

The website where ISO testing is tracked can be found at [0], it already has the
earlier milestones listed on the front page, but will contain the final release
candidate tests in due time. Please note that the daily image testing is
on-going as you read this, so participating is already possible, and not only
that but highly appreciated. If you have questions regarding the testing, or
just want to discuss about anything related, feel free to 0) respond to this
message, 1) start a new thread on either list, 2) join us on IRC at [1] or [2].

I do want to highlight the recommendation of reading the testcases, though, so
that full potential of the testruns could be acquired. But every bit of
information counts, so thanks in advance for all that are filed.

More details will be posted again as we are nearing towards the action, this is
just a heads-up so that you can plan
accordingly. Thanks for participating and
making Ubuntu (Studio) better, and overall for being a part of the community!

[0] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com
[1] #ubuntustudio-devel on irc.freenode.net
[2] #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net


Best regards,

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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 03:37:32AM -0700, Stuart McQuade wrote:
> Hi Janne,
>
> Can you tell me where I can find the test cases? (or some sort of testing
> script I can follow) I'm not such an experienced tester (which is why I want
> to help out and gain more experience), but I could definitely spare a few
> hours over the next few weeks.

Hi Stuart,

thanks for responding, as I now only realized you're gonna have to log in to the
site to perform testcases properly, my apologies for missing this information
initially! Click on 'Log in' button, it'll take you to a screen where you can
either log in with your existing account, or create a new one. Choose
accordingly. When you're done with the authentication, you can carry on with the
rest of these instructions.

In the first page of the website (http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com), there are the milestones
tests listed. For now, you can only meaningfully choose the 'Precise Daily',
it's the only one currently with 'Testing' status. Click on the name.

Now you're presented every release that'll be out there eventually. It's a long
list. You have to scroll way down to see 'Ubuntu Studio DVD amd64' and 'Ubuntu
Studio DVD i386' (you can disregard the Alternates, they're not being created
anymore). Click on either arch, depending on your system.

Here you can see two testcases, 'Install (ubiquity)' and 'Live Session'. The
former is the one you choose to install without trying, when you boot up the
image (I forget now the actual text for the menu option, but it'll be quite
obvious), and the latter is the 'Try Ubuntu Studio without installing', or
something to that effect. Click on either one you're willing to test, again
depending on whether you want to make permanent changes to your system, or just
giving it a spin to see how it runs. Note, that on this page you can subscribe
to either one or both testcases, if you so incline.

Now finally you can see the form in which the results are to be inserted. Above
the form you can find links to both the download info, and how the testcases
ought to be performed. If you already have acquired the image elsewhere (like on
[0]), be sure still to read the testcase instructions, for there are listed the
actions we'd want you to be able to take, ie. confirming that the system works
as expected.

If everything goes as the testcases describe, you can mark the results as
'Passed'. If you cannot finish it on one go, you can mark it as 'In progress',
and return to it later on. The most demanding is when something isn't quite
right, and the system doesn't react to everything there is in the testcase
description. Here it'd be much appreciated if you could, additionally to marking
the test as 'Failed', look into LaunchPad [1] for possibly already existing
bugs, or file new ones if you can't find similar. 'Critical bugs' would be those
that completely prevent you from using the system. Plain 'Bugs' is for something
that you could potentially live with, if your life depended on it. :) 'Hardware
profile' would be nifty, but not at all required. If you can simply describe
something about the machine you're testing on, it'd possibly speed up profiling
some issues, but in any case the bug reports are where the majority of the
triaging happens anyway. Finally there's 'Comments' for any additional bit of
info you'd like to share with us concerning the installation/session. Remember
to hit 'Submit results' button on the way out. :)

Good question, thanks for paying attention! Got others? Shoot, I'm happy to help
you help us.


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An early cry for help for testing Release Candidates
 

I should learn how to slow down when in a hurry. :)

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 03:38:36PM +0300, Janne Jokitalo wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 03:37:32AM -0700, Stuart McQuade wrote:
> > Hi Janne,
> >
> > Can you tell me where I can find the test cases? (or some sort of testing
> > script I can follow) I'm not such an experienced tester (which is why I want
> > to help out and gain more experience), but I could definitely spare a few
> > hours over the next few weeks.
>
> Hi Stuart,
>
> thanks for responding, as I now only realized you're gonna have to log in to the
> site to perform testcases properly, my apologies for missing this information
> initially! Click on 'Log in' button, it'll take you to a screen where you can
> either log in with your existing account, or create a new one. Choose
> accordingly. When you're done with the authentication, you can carry on with the
> rest of these instructions.
>
> In the first page of the website (http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com), there are the milestones
> tests listed. For now, you can only meaningfully choose the 'Precise Daily',
> it's the only one currently with 'Testing' status. Click on the name.
>
> Now you're presented every release that'll be out there eventually. It's a long
> list. You have to scroll way down to see 'Ubuntu Studio DVD amd64' and 'Ubuntu
> Studio DVD i386' (you can disregard the Alternates, they're not being created
> anymore). Click on either arch, depending on your system.
>
> Here you can see two testcases, 'Install (ubiquity)' and 'Live Session'. The
> former is the one you choose to install without trying, when you boot up the
> image (I forget now the actual text for the menu option, but it'll be quite
> obvious), and the latter is the 'Try Ubuntu Studio without installing', or
> something to that effect. Click on either one you're willing to test, again
> depending on whether you want to make permanent changes to your system, or just
> giving it a spin to see how it runs. Note, that on this page you can subscribe
> to either one or both testcases, if you so incline.
>
> Now finally you can see the form in which the results are to be inserted. Above
> the form you can find links to both the download info, and how the testcases
> ought to be performed. If you already have acquired the image elsewhere (like on
> [0]), be sure still to read the testcase instructions, for there are listed the
> actions we'd want you to be able to take, ie. confirming that the system works
> as expected.
>
> If everything goes as the testcases describe, you can mark the results as
> 'Passed'. If you cannot finish it on one go, you can mark it as 'In progress',
> and return to it later on. The most demanding is when something isn't quite
> right, and the system doesn't react to everything there is in the testcase
> description. Here it'd be much appreciated if you could, additionally to marking
> the test as 'Failed', look into LaunchPad [1] for possibly already existing
> bugs, or file new ones if you can't find similar. 'Critical bugs' would be those
> that completely prevent you from using the system. Plain 'Bugs' is for something
> that you could potentially live with, if your life depended on it. :) 'Hardware
> profile' would be nifty, but not at all required. If you can simply describe
> something about the machine you're testing on, it'd possibly speed up profiling
> some issues, but in any case the bug reports are where the majority of the
> triaging happens anyway. Finally there's 'Comments' for any additional bit of
> info you'd like to share with us concerning the installation/session. Remember
> to hit 'Submit results' button on the way out. :)
>
> Good question, thanks for paying attention! Got others? Shoot, I'm happy to help
> you help us.

[0] http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current/
[1] https://launchpad.net

Any other misses? I hope not.


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