Self-introduction: David Bauer

[David Bauer]

Hi at all,

I'm using Linux since more then 15 years. Most of the time as a deb 
distro hopper. But my journey was over as i found Fedora and the 
rpm-based distributions.

I think to contribute here in the QA team is a very good opportunity to 
give something back to the FOSS and especially Fedora.

I'm 38 years old, from Germany and working for a software company as 3rd 
Level Support. I'm not a programmer but have some basic knowledge in Python.


-- 
Beste Grüße / Best Regards

David Bauer

IRC: dbxx

[Sumantro Mukherjee]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 10:12 PM David Bauer <dbxx(a)posteo.net&gt; wrote:

>  Hi at all,
>
>  I'm using Linux since more then 15 years. Most of the time as a deb
>  distro hopper. But my journey was over as i found Fedora and the
>  rpm-based distributions.
>
>  I think to contribute here in the QA team is a very good opportunity to
>  give something back to the FOSS and especially Fedora.
>
>  I'm 38 years old, from Germany and working for a software company as 3rd
>  Level Support. I'm not a programmer but have some basic knowledge in
>  Python.
>
>
>  --
>  Beste Grüße / Best Regards
>
>  David Bauer
>
>  IRC: dbxx
>  _______________________________________________
>  test mailing list -- test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html
>  List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
>  List Archives:
>  https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]
>  <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]...


Hey David.


Welcome to Fedora QA, I have approved your request.

You can start off by testing updates in [http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/]
for Fedora 28, Fedora 29, and Fedora 30 (about to start).  Update testing
is where a tester tests a package and gives out a +1 Karma for PASS and -1
Karma for FAIL. You can go to bodhi.fedoraproject.org where you can sort
the packages with Fedora Releases and tags viz "pending" &
"testing". You
can read much about update testing here [1]. You can also, use
fedora-easy-karma for giving out feedbacks.


you can start with  Release Validation testing. In Release Validation all
you need to do is to check the nightly/TC/RC against certain criteria. For
example, let's take the latest compose (Fedora 30 Rawhide 20190121.n.1),
you can run test cases which are mentioned [2] and submit your results in
the test matrix.

Note that each of the test cases[3] will have "How to test" section which
will have the steps (to be executed sequentially) and if the results match
with the expected results you can mark it as pass by editing the wiki page
{{result|PASS|<fas_username>}} . Always make sure to check for "Associated
release criterion" which can be found on the top of test case page, if your
test case fails you can mark it fail by editing the wiki page
{{result|FAIL|<fas_username>}} and file a bug at RHBZ [4] under Fedora.


 You can always find the ‘current’ validation pages using these addresses:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Server_Test
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Cloud_Test


For Automation, you can start looking at Open QA[
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenQA] its maintained by Adamw.



[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing
<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing>
[2]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_30_Rawhide_20190121.n....
<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_30_Rawhide_20190121.n....
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_USB_stick_Live_luc
<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_USB_stick_Live_luc>
[4] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>

Feel free to ping us on IRC if you need any help #fedora-qa@freenode.


We have test days coming happening now which is a nice place to start,
please stay tuned to the @test list and help us testing!
The current test day can be found on
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Current?redirect=yes
Test days schedule can be found on the fedocal
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/list/QA/?subject=Test+Day

Thanks

//sumantro

[David Bauer]

Hi Sumantro,

thank you for your help and the brief introduction. I have already done some kernel
regression tests and testing some updates. I will familiarize myself step by step with the
different areas and will then see what suits me best and where I can contribute the most.