2011-01-24 - Fedora QA meeting - recap

[James Laska]

Minutes and IRC transcript available at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20110124  ... get 'em while
they're hot!


TOPIC: Previous meeting follow-up
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     1. adamw - follow-up on advisory-board thread on media requirements
        for spins
       
(http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2011-January/0102...).
              * Appears this has been resolved
     2. Bodhi feedback patch from fcami (see {{Ticket|infrastructure|
        701}} awaiting review
              * reviewed and accepted, thanks lmacken!


TOPIC: Wiki and Nitrate TCMS - Move to next step (ticket#152)
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      * See https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/152
             1. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tcms_use_cases
             2. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tcms_Comparison
      * Wiki use cases and feature comparison called for final review
        last week.  
      * Based on the comments, I modified the requirements and moved
        previous to formal pages below:
      * Next steps ...
             1. Identify Must-Have + Nice-to-Have feature to find any
                feature gaps we'd need from Nitrate. Such features will
                firstly be marked in the comparison table[2], and then
                summarized in a separate page for reference. Comments
                welcome!
             2. Write scripts for importing xml files from wiki to
                nitrate. The xml files exported from wiki has different
                format from the files to be imported to nitrate,
                therefore, scripts are needed to do the conversion.
                Volunteers are welcomed!


TOPIC: Adjusting ''proventesters'' group to be invite-only
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      * Some testers are applying to the FAS proventesters group, but
        not filing a ticket or sending a welcome email (see
        http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2011-January/096511.html)
      * One suggestion is to make ''proventesters'' invite-only, and
        reflect the change in the [[Proven_tester]] documentation
      * Group discussed and decided to update wiki documentation to
        clarify process for handling join requests w/o a ticket.  If we
        are flooded with FAS requests w/o a ticket, we will reconsider
        invite-only recommendation
      * Next steps ...
             1. ACTION: jlaska - update
                https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Proven_tester#Mentoring_process with
information about how to handle FAS group requests without a corresponding 


TOPIC: Better living through automation ... autoqa
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      * new_koji_watcher and depcheck branch were reviewed
      * Together with the review of new_koji_watcher branch we have
        found a bug in Bodhi where it incorrectly used -pending tags on
        certain packages. lmacken quickly created a patch, which should
        be pushed into production soon (see
       
https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/changeset/d6218003bda6ce41f85d1a71260aa415...)
      * jlaska fixed issues that prevented autotest from building on
        Fedora 14
      * Next steps ...
             1. Continue working towards autoqa-0.4.4 milestone
             2. More testing of 'master'

TOPIC: Thu, Jan 27 Test Day -- Network device naming
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      * https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/159
      * Wiki looking good ... many thanks to Narendar & Dell for
        preparation (see
       
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-01-27_Network_Device_Naming_...)
      * Blog announcements 
             1. [http://domsch.com/blog/?p=455 Consistent Network Device
                Naming coming to Fedora 15Consistent Network Device
                Naming coming to Fedora 15]
             2.
[http://www.networkworld.com/community/fedora-15-changes-network-device-na... Breaking a
few eggs: Fedora 15 changes network device naming]
      * Next steps ...
             1. jlaska will upload a script provided by Narendra to help
                participants determine if they have applicable hardware
             2. HELP: Spread the word -- Test Day this week -- Thu 27,
                2011


ACTION ITEMS
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     1.  jlaska - update
        https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Proven_tester#Mentoring_process
        with information about how to handle FAS group requests without
        a corresponding ticket