CALL for Testing: kadischi under 64 bit hardware

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

Hello there,

An official Fedora LiveCD is something we all are looking forward to
see in the Fedora
community. Kadischi will be the tool to create such a livecd.

Recently we got support from fedoraunity.org for testing Kadischi and
its product (the Livecd).

Unfortunately, we lack materials, precisely 64 bit hardware, to test
with Kadischi.

This is a call for fedora users/developpers/testers, to test kadischi
under 64 bit hardware, and file bugs against Kadischi in Bugzilla or
on the fedora-livecd mailing list.

Thanks for helping :)
The Kadischi Team and Fedora Unity

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list
http://fedoraunity.org/




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[Justin Conover]

On 8/26/06, Chitlesh GOORAH <chitlesh(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  Hello there,
>
>  An official Fedora LiveCD is something we all are looking forward to
>  see in the Fedora
>  community. Kadischi will be the tool to create such a livecd.
>
>  Recently we got support from fedoraunity.org for testing Kadischi and
>  its product (the Livecd).
>
>  Unfortunately, we lack materials, precisely 64 bit hardware, to test
>  with Kadischi.
>
>  This is a call for fedora users/developpers/testers, to test kadischi
>  under 64 bit hardware, and file bugs against Kadischi in Bugzilla or
>  on the fedora-livecd mailing list.
>
>  Thanks for helping :)
>  The Kadischi Team and Fedora Unity
>
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi
>  http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list
>  http://fedoraunity.org/
>
>
>
>
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I would be happy to test, is there already a Live_CD built or do I need to
follow the guide on the wiki and make it myself?

[John Poelstra]

Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
>  Hello there,
>  
>  An official Fedora LiveCD is something we all are looking forward to
>  see in the Fedora
>  community. Kadischi will be the tool to create such a livecd.
>  
>  Recently we got support from fedoraunity.org for testing Kadischi and
>  its product (the Livecd).
>  
>  Unfortunately, we lack materials, precisely 64 bit hardware, to test
>  with Kadischi.
>  
>  This is a call for fedora users/developpers/testers, to test kadischi
>  under 64 bit hardware, and file bugs against Kadischi in Bugzilla or
>  on the fedora-livecd mailing list. 
I have a 64 bit box and would love to help test...

>  Thanks for helping :)
>  The Kadischi Team and Fedora Unity
>  
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi 
How about adding another link to the wiki near "documentation, FAQ, etc." which
points to a test plan and some test cases?  For a lot of projects we could lower the
barrier to entry by providing suggestions on how and what to test.  It isn't always
necessary to have a complete understanding of how the package works in order to test it
*if* you have good test cases with expected results.  In my own experience I've
learned a lot about packages I did not know very much about by following good test cases
and what we refer to internally as "how to test" instructions.

I see three components required for community testing:
1) Time donated by community member
2) Hardware to install Fedora and run the tests on
3) Knowledge of the software

I believe there are many cases where a community member already has 2 of the 3 components
above.  Making it easier for them to acquire the third one benefits everyone :)  

So, in my case, I have #1(time) and #2(hardware), but I don't have #3(knowledge). 
Because #1 is not in infinite supply and I'm interested in learning lots of other
things, I'm not willing to spend #1(time) on acquiring #3(knowledge) to test this
particular package.  

HOWEVER, if #3 was not required because test cases and expected results were provided, I
would be willing to provide #1 and #2 :-)

My thoughts here are not meant to single out Kadischi, but to think in terms of how we can
increase community testing as a whole to increase quality and speed up the release cycle.

John