Please help test packages!

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Thu Dec 6 13:57:43 UTC 2012


On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 09:59 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:46:50 -1000, Erinn Looney-Triggs wrote:
> 
> > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Update_feedback_guidelines
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > 
> > Well I never knew about that handy little tool. Thanks for pointing that
> > out, knocked out a bunch of them.
> 
> Here's a very important part of the Update Feedback Guidelines every
> tester ought to understand:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Update_feedback_guidelines#Previously_reported_bugs
> 
> | Previously reported bugs
> | 
> | If your testing uncovers no problems but you see that another tester has
> | identified a serious problem with the package, please try to replicate
> | their problem, and post negative feedback if you are now able to confirm
> | it.
> |
> | If you are not able to confirm the problem but you suspect this may be
> | because you cannot recreate the necessary conditions, please post neutral (!)
> | feedback noting that you were unable to duplicate the problem. Only post
> | positive feedback if you are sure your testing indicates the other
> | reporter's negative feedback is a mistake.
> 
> If we don't adhere to these guidelines, we would be vote against eachother
> often. Please be very careful with your feedback in bodhi if you see that
> previous testers have voted -1 already.

Thanks, Michael, that is indeed important. fedora-easy-karma shows all
existing comments, so it's easy enough to check through them before
filing your vote.
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Adam Williamson
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