The QA Problem

[Will Woods]

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 19:09 -0800, Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 08:05 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:41 -0500, Will Woods wrote:
> > > Problem #1: Testing currently requires a lot of skill, which reduces
> > > usable manpower.
> > > 
> > > We lack how-to-test documents, so each tester must know how to set up
> > > and test any given package/feature on his own. New features don't
> > > necessarily come with much documentation (e.g. iSCSI).
> > > 
> > > - Possible solution(s): More docs would lower the barrier to entry.
> > > Setting up an official Fedora QA group will help keep track of team
> > > strength and help everyone work together.
> > 
> > FWIW, the Docs team is willing to help with this part to the extent we
> > can.  Since we don't know your methodology, it's significantly harder to
> > draft this ourselves. :-)  Getting the stuff into maintainable, easily
> > digestible form and publishing/advertising it, though, we can and should
> > help do.
> 
> +1
> 
> The size and capability of the Documentation Project has grown a bit
> recently.  A call to arms on a high priority item such as supporting QA
> documentation efforts is sure to raise some good resources.  Otherwise,
> we have the tools, processes, localization, and editorial help you'll
> need.

This is quite exciting! 

One big item is writing a general Tester HOWTO that details the
processes of tracking down bugs and filing really good bug reports.

Another idea I had was to start writing per-package docs for testing
things in updates-testing. Those docs would use the template laid out
here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/HowToTestTemplate
Similarly, when we get closer to Test1, we would need to have
per-feature docs for how to test New Stuff that goes into F7. (I don't
have a template for that yet.)

I would *love* to have help beautifying (and clarifying) the templates,
making the Tester HOWTO available in different formats and languages,
and I'd also love to hear any ideas you guys might have for tester's
docs.

Did you have anything in mind, or was that just a general offer for
help?

-w
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