Call for Test Days for Fedora 18
by Adam Williamson
Hey, folks. It's that time again - time to start thinking about Test
Days for Fedora 18.
For anyone who isn't aware, a Test Day is an event usually focused
around IRC for interaction and a Wiki page for instructions and results,
with the aim being to get a bunch of interested users and developers
together to test a specific feature or area of the distribution. You can
run a Test Day on just about anything for which it would be useful to do
some fairly focused testing in 'real time' with a group of testers; it
doesn't have to be code, for instance we often run Test Days for
l10n/i18n topics. For more information on Test Days, see
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days .
Anyone who wants to can host their own Test Day, or you can request that
the QA group helps you out with organization, or any combination of the
two. To propose a Test Day, just file a ticket in QA trac - full details
are at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days/Create . For
instructions on hosting a Test Day, see
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/SOP_Test_Day_management .
You can see the schedule at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Fedora_18_test_days . There are many
slots open right now, with the earliest on 2012-08-09 and the latest
2012-11-01. Consider the development schedule, though, in deciding when
you want to run your Test Day - for some topics you may want to avoid
the time before the Alpha release or the time after the feature freeze
or the Final freeze.
We normally aim to schedule Test Days on Thursdays; however, if you want
to run a series of related Test Days, it's often a good idea to do
something like Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday of the same week (this is
how we usually run the X Test Week, for instance). If all the Thursday
slots fill up but more people want to run Test Days, we will open up
Tuesday slots as overflows. And finally, if you really want to run a
Test Day in a specific timeframe due to the development schedule, but
the Thursday slot for that week is full, we can add a slot on another
day. We're flexible! Just put in your ticket the date or timeframe you'd
like, and we'll figure it out from there.
If you have any questions about the Test Day process, please don't
hesitate to contact me or any other member of the QA team on test@ or in
#fedora-qa on IRC. Thanks!
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Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora
http://www.happyassassin.net
10 years, 9 months
Fedora ABRT Test day on Monday, October 1st (6-16 UTC)
by David Kutalek
Hello,
there will be Fedora ABRT Test Day on Monday, Oct 1st (6-16 UTC).
You are very welcome to join us discovering bugs and discuss any related
issues with us online on #fedora-test-day on Freenode.
Live Fedora 18 images will be available for quick and easy start.
You will find all the necessary info on the test day wiki:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-10-01_ABRT
Please note that it is still being worked on this page, so if you would
like to test in advance, not on Monday, contact me first.
See you on #fedora-test-day on Monday!
Best Regards,
David Kutalek
BaseOS QE Apps, Red Hat Brno
#dkutalek* on irc
11 years, 2 months
Announcing 389 Directory Server version 1.2.11.15 Testing
by Rich Megginson
The 389 Project team is pleased to announce the release of
389-ds-base-1.2.11.15 for Testing. This release fixes another issue
with CLEANALLRUV, some schema and userpassword related fixes, and other
fixes.
The new packages and versions are:
389-ds-base 1.2.11.15
NOTE: 1.2.11 will not be available for Fedora 16 or earlier, nor for EL6
or earlier - 1.2.11 will only be available for Fedora 17 and later. We
are trying to stabilize current, stable releases - upgrades to 1.2.11
will disrupt stability.
Installation
yum install 389-ds --enablerepo=updates-testing
# or for EPEL
yum install 389-ds --enablerepo=epel-testing
setup-ds-admin.pl
Upgrade
yum upgrade 389-ds-base --enablerepo=updates-testing
# or for EPEL
yum upgrade 389-ds-base --enablerepo=epel-testing
setup-ds-admin.pl -u
How to Give Feedback
The best way to provide feedback is via the Fedora Update system.
Go to https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates
In the Search box in the upper right hand corner, type in the name
of the package
In the list, find the version and release you are using (if you're
not sure, use rpm -qi <package name> on your system) and click on the
release
On the page for the update, scroll down to "Add a comment" and
provide your input
Or just send us an email to 389-users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Reporting Bugs
If you find a bug, or would like to see a new feature, use the 389 Trac
- https://fedorahosted.org/389
More Information
* Release Notes - http://port389.org/wiki/Release_Notes
* Install_Guide - http://port389.org/wiki/Install_Guide
* Download - http://port389.org/wiki/Download
11 years, 2 months
Join Fedora X Test Week - Nouveau, Radeon, Intel (2012-09-25 - 2012-09-27)
by Martin Holec
Hello,
this Tuesday starts Fedora X Test Week which is one of the most popular testing events among Fedora users and developers.
Do you have any old or new graphic hardware, working or not? Join this test week and help us to hunt down driver bugs before Fedora 18 Beta release!
For more informations how to attend this test week, look at the following schedule:
2012-09-25 Nouveau - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-25_Nouveau
2012-09-26 Radeon - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-26_Radeon
2012-09-27 Intel - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-27_Intel
Join IRC #fedora-test-day on FreeNode and ask QA or developers for help, if you get into trouble. We can try to find workarounds and help with debugging.
Please report all bugs at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ under appropriate component. You can also report other Fedora 18 bugs not related to this Test Week, ask QA, if you don't know against which component you should fill the report.
See you in Bugzilla!
Best Regards,
Martin Holec
Desktop QE, Red Hat Brno
11 years, 2 months
Fedora 18 QA Retrospective page is up
by Adam Williamson
The Retrospective page for Fedora 18 QA is now up:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_QA_Retrospective
We use the retrospective page to track things that went well and things
that didn't go so well during the Fedora 18 validation process, and for
tracking ideas we have but don't have time to act on during the rush of
doing validation (that's the wishlist).
Please, add any feedback you have of this type to the retrospective
page! There are instructions on the page for adding feedback.
All feedback is useful, and once 18 validation is done, we'll take a
look at all the items on the page and come up with specific
recommendations for addressing them which we'll file as trac tickets and
work on in the time before Fedora 19 validation starts up. We've been
doing this for a while now and it's turned out to be a great way to keep
constantly improving our processes.
You can look at the previous pages for inspiration:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:QA_Retrospective
And I'll copy/paste James' old list of leading questions to prompt
feedback (thanks, James!):
1. Were you able to participate in any Fedora 18 Alpha, Beta or
Final test runs?
2. What worked well, what prevented you from participating, were
instructions clear?
3. What worked (or didn't work) well about Fedora Test Days this
release?
4. Are you a maintainer, why do you think your critpath updates
haven't been tested? What could you do to encourage more
testing of your proposed updates?
5. Did you escalate any bugs for consideration as
{Alpha,Beta,Final} release Blockers? Why not? Was the process
well documented and did it make sense?
6. Did you attend or contribute to any Fedora blocker meetings?
Why not? What did you like, dislike? What prevented you from
participating?
7. Did you find any of the release criteria changes or validation
test extensions particularly useful or problematic?
8. Can you think of any obviously important areas we are not
currently covering in the validation tests and criteria?
9. Unlimited time and resource ... what do you think the the QA
team should focus on for Fedora 19 and beyond </pony>
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora
http://www.happyassassin.net
11 years, 2 months
Announcing the release of Fedora 18 Alpha!!
by Dennis Gilmore
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The Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" Alpha release is plumping up! This release
offers a preview of some of the best free and open source technology
currently under development. Model a glimpse of the future:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
Already mooo-tivated to give F18 Alpha a try? Great! We still hope that
you'll read onwards; there are fabulous features in this release you may
want to know about, as well as important information regarding specific,
common F18 Alpha installation issues and bugs, all of which are detailed
in this release announcement.
*** What is the Alpha Release? ***
Fedora 18 adds many new and improved features for a variety of
audiences. A small sample is included below; the full list of features
for this release can be seen on the Fedora 18 Feature List, here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FeatureList
= On the Desktop =
* NetworkManager Hotspots improve the ability to use a computer's
WiFi adapter to create a network hot spot.
* The redesigned installation system adds flexibility to the
installation process while simplifying the user interface.
* Desktop updates galore: Gnome 3.6, KDE Plasma Workspace 4.9, Xfce
4.10, Sugar 0.98, and the introduction of the MATE Desktop in Fedora.
= For sysadmins =
* The Riak NoSQL database, a fault-tolerant and scalable database
system, is included for the first time in Fedora 18.
* Samba 4 adds SMB3 support and support for FreeIPA trusted domains.
* Offline system updates adds support for installing OS packages at
boot. This gives systems administrators the ability to upgrade important
libraries in a controlled manner.
* Fedora 18 will be able to easily join an Active Directory domain or
FreeIPA realm.
= For developers =
* The Python 3 stack is upgraded to version 3.3.
* Rails is upgraded from version 3.0 to version 3.2.
* Perl 5.16 adds Unicode 6.1 support.
* Power7 optimized ppc64p7 is added as a supported platform for
Fedora 18 packages.
= Cloud and Virtualization =
* OpenShift Origin brings Platform as a Service (PaaS) infrastructure
to Fedora.
* Eucalyptus gives Fedora the ability to support private,
AWS-compatible Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds.
* Fedora 18 Alpha's OpenStack packages are synchronized with
"Folsom," the OpenStack release due near the end of September.
* Heat provides an API for orchestration of cloud applications using
file- or web-based templates, enabling a standardized method for
OpenStack users to launch applications in an OpenStack cloud. It is
currently an OpenStack related project.
* Virt Live Snapshots adds the ability to perform snapshots of QEMU
and libvirt virtual machines without having to stop the guest.
* The oVirt Engine is upgraded to version 3.1 and adds GUI tools.
*** Known Issues and Bugs ***
We know that many of you are moo-tivated to download and try the Alpha
release of "Spherical Cow"; to help you avoid stepping into any sticky
issues, we'd like to highlight a few specific issues, before you moooove
on to the downloads page. Information about these, and other common
bugs, including bug reports and workarounds for known issues where
available, are detailed on the Common F18 Bugs page, as well as in the
Alpha release notes; links to both pages are provided below.
* Utilizing automatic partitioning during installation will reformat all
selected disks on which to install without any further warning; ALL
EXISTING DATA ON THE DISKS WILL BE LOST. At this time, there is no
option presented to use free space on the disks, or to resize existing
partitions. A workaround solution exists.
* Some NVIDIA graphics adapters will have problems with the start or
display of the login manager or the desktop. This will prevent the user
from reaching a usable desktop, when booting the live image or an
installed system. In these cases, the login manager and/or desktop may
fail to appear at all, or may appear but with the cursor missing, and/or
visual corruption issues.
* This release features a new user interface for the anaconda installer,
which will significantly enhance the end-user installation experience.
Known issues relating to the new installer user interface include:
** For non-graphical installations, a root password must be set to be
able to login; for graphical installations, the first user should be set
as an adminstrative user. This is currently the default setup during
installation.
** There is no anaconda-based upgrade or preupgrade to F18 Alpha; if
you must upgrade an installed system, you should use yum.
** The new installer user interface is still undergoing work; the
Alpha release may not necessarily duplicate exactly the implementation
seen in the Final release of Fedora 18 in November.
For more information, including information about other common and known
bugs, tips on how to report bugs, and the official release schedule,
please refer to the release notes:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Alpha_release_notes
A shorter list of common bugs can be found here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs
*** Contributing ***
Great releases like Fedora 18 don't get made in a vacuum. We can't do it
without you! Bug reports are especially helpful as we move from the
theory to the applied physics. If you encounter any issues, please
report them!
Fedora is a fantastic, friendly community, and we have many ways in
which you can contribute, including Documentation, Marketing, Design,
QA, Development, and more.
To learn how to help us, visit: http://join.fedoraproject.org/
Thank you, and we hope to see you in the Fedora Project!
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11 years, 2 months
OpenStack Test Day tomorrow! (2012-09-18)
by Adam Williamson
The Fedora 18 Test Days start up tomorrow: as well as the i18n Test Day
already announced, we have an OpenStack Test Day happening as well! The
page for the event is:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-18_OpenStack
The Fedora OpenStack team will be on hand to help you get set up and
testing. There are full test instructions on the Test Day page. Note
that this event will be in #fedora-openstack on Freenode IRC, not
#fedora-test-day.
If you can, please come along and help us ensure the Fedora 18
OpenStack...stack...is in good shape! Thanks, everyone.
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora
http://www.happyassassin.net
11 years, 2 months
