Hi, I believe that Ubuntu testing will in the near future need to include an automated test suite. My vision is that results of the suite will be publicized so that certain hardware can receive gold/silver/bronze certification. (Wine, for instance does fairly well with this scheme.) One of Ubuntu's perceived weaknesses is that we get a significant number of regressions. Having a quantifiable user-friendly database should help to let us know where regressions are occurring so that they can be worked on and hopefully fixed before release. I believe I'll actually be able to attend UDS-M so I look forward to seeing some of you there!
Jeremy Bicha On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Ara Pulido <a...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I want to raise attention to the Edubuntu developers about the necessity > of testing the ISOs during milestone testing. > > The release team has a policy (during Betas, RC and Final releases) of > not releasing Ubuntu or its derivatives until EVERY testcase has been > covered. > > During Beta2 non of the Edubuntu testcases (including Upgrade from > Karmic) were covered by a member of edubuntu-devel or edubuntu-bugsquad. > > With over 70 members, I think that the Edubuntu community has the > necessary resources to cover the Edubuntu testcases. > > Tomorrow, most likely, the first candidate images will be appearing, and > you can start preparing today. > > 1) Sync now the Edubuntu images, so it is less painful to sync tomorrow > the candidate images. You can use dl-ubuntu-test-iso to sync, it is now > packaged (ubuntu-qa-tools) and working in Lucid. > > 2) Install Edubuntu 9.10 amd64 and i386 in a virtual machine or a spare > partition, to have them ready to test upgrades. > > 3) Blog about testing, to get awareness from your users > > 4) Reach some power users directly, to ask them to help the project by > testing the ISOs. > > I would like to discuss during UDS how to improve the testing in Ubuntu > and its derivatives. I have register a blueprint [1], in case you want > to participate during the discussion. > > Thanks, > Ara. > > [1] > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/maverick-qa-community-improve-iso-testing > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
