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From: "Bryan Teague" <bteague003(a)gmail.com>
To: test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2016 5:27:35 AM
Subject: Introduction
Good evening -
My name is Bryan Teague, and I’m grateful to have this opportunity to
participate within the QA development of Fedora.
I am currently finishing up an AAS degree in Computer Programming.
I’ve had a great deal of experience with coding for the dark side
(Microsoft platforms such as C#, VB, utilizing Visual Studio). Was
introduced to Linux recently, and just love this OS. Along with
learning C and kernel development, I am interested in understanding
the different facets of Fedora. Thanks again.
Hey Bryan
Welcome to Fedora QA! You can start by reading [
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Join]
Once you are done, 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 nightly, you can run test cases which are mentioned [1] and
submit your results in the test matrix.
Note that each of the test cases[2] 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 [3] 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
You can also do update-testing, 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 [4]. You can also, use
fedora-easy-karma for giving out feedbacks.
[
1]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_25_Rawhide_20160719....
[
2]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_USB_stick_Live_luc
[
3]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
[
4]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing
Since , you are into development it will be easy for you to start with OpenQA and
Taskotron. Both of these are automated testing tools and you can contribute by writing
test cases.
Taskotron setting up and installation can be found here
[
https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/libtaskotron]
OpenQA , Installation and setting up resources can be found here
[
https://bitbucket.org/rajcze/openqa_fedora_tools]
Should you have any question, you reach out to me directly or in the list!