Introduction

[Bijal Thanawala]

Hi all,

I am Bijal Thanawala. My background is software development (of relevancy
here - C, Python) with some systems-level programming.

My long-term vision is to develop for operating systems architecture |
networking protocols.

I have been a Linux user past nearly 9 years, of which last 4 or so years I
am a Fedora user.

By joining QA community I wish to learn about build|release processes at
larger scale, fill in gaps in my knowledge of Linux, understand the very
platform (Fedora) I use daily better,  and gradually take on contributing
to Linux Kernel or like.

To start with, I have already created FAS account, mid-way into Sumantro's
recorded "Global onboarding call" (youtube) and looking at how to create
IRC account.

Please guide me if there is anything else at this stage I need to have
ready.

Looking forward to collaborate and learn.

Best Regards
Bijal

[Kus]

Welcome, Bijal!

[Sumantro Mukherjee]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bijal Thanawala" 
> To: [e-mail]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:46:11 AM
> Subject: Introduction
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am Bijal Thanawala. My background is software development (of relevancy
> here - C, Python) with some systems-level programming.
>
> My long-term vision is to develop for operating systems architecture |
> networking protocols.
>
> I have been a Linux user past nearly 9 years, of which last 4 or so years I
> am a Fedora user.
>
> By joining QA community I wish to learn about build|release processes at
> larger scale, fill in gaps in my knowledge of Linux, understand the very
> platform (Fedora) I use daily better, and gradually take on contributing to
> Linux Kernel or like.
>
> To start with, I have already created FAS account, mid-way into Sumantro's
> recorded "Global onboarding call" (youtube) and looking at how to create IRC
> account.
>
> Please guide me if there is anything else at this stage I need to have ready.
>
> Looking forward to collaborate and learn.
>
> Best Regards
> Bijal
>
> test mailing list -- [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]

Hey Bijal,

First of all, Welcome and thanks for showing your interest in Fedora QA. I would like you to apply for QA FAS group.

You can start off by testing updates in [http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/] for Fedora 24 , Fedora 25 and Fedora 26.  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 build (Fedora 26 Branched 20170628), 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 Taskotron [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Taskotron]
and Open QA[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenQA].

[1]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing
[2]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_26_Branched_20170628.n.1_...
[3]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_USB_stick_Live_luc
[4]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/

We have a test day coming up tomorrow, which is where we are going to test if everything upgrades smoothly from F25 to F26. More about the test day can be found [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2017-06-30_Upgrade_Test_Day].

Thanks
//sumantrom

[Bijal Thanawala]

Thanks Sumantro, Kushal.

On 29 Jun 2017 7:03 pm, "Sumantro Mukherjee"  wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bijal Thanawala" 
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:46:11 AM
> > Subject: Introduction
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am Bijal Thanawala. My background is software development (of relevancy
> > here - C, Python) with some systems-level programming.
> >
> > My long-term vision is to develop for operating systems architecture |
> > networking protocols.
> >
> > I have been a Linux user past nearly 9 years, of which last 4 or so
>
> years I
> > am a Fedora user.
> >
> > By joining QA community I wish to learn about build|release processes at
> > larger scale, fill in gaps in my knowledge of Linux, understand the very
> > platform (Fedora) I use daily better, and gradually take on contributing
>
> to
> > Linux Kernel or like.
> >
> > To start with, I have already created FAS account, mid-way into
>
> Sumantro's
> > recorded "Global onboarding call" (youtube) and looking at how to create
>
> IRC
> > account.
> >
> > Please guide me if there is anything else at this stage I need to have
>
> ready.
> > Looking forward to collaborate and learn.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Bijal
> >
> > test mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
>
> Hey Bijal,
>
> First of all, Welcome and thanks for showing your interest in Fedora QA. I
> would like you to apply for QA FAS group.
>
> You can start off by testing updates in [http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/]
> for Fedora 24 , Fedora 25 and Fedora 26.  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 build (Fedora 26 Branched 20170628), 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 Taskotron [
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Taskotron]
> and Open QA[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenQA].
>
> [1]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing
> [2]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_26_
> Branched_20170628.n.1_Installation
> [3]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_USB_stick_Live_luc
> [4]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
>
> We have a test day coming up tomorrow, which is where we are going to test
> if everything upgrades smoothly from F25 to F26. More about the test day
> can be found [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2017-06-30_
> Upgrade_Test_Day].
>
> Thanks
> //sumantrom
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