XO Roll Call: Sign up for XO Testing Teams!

Steven Salevan ssalevan at redhat.com
Tue Oct 14 19:11:00 UTC 2008


I forgot to mention...  if you've got your XO and are part of the 
testing project, you need to sign for for a group or volunteer to lead 
by Friday, October 17th.  Thanks!
-Steve Salevan
ssalevan at redhat.com

Steven Salevan wrote:
> Greetings fellow XO testers,
> It appears that with the new GNOME build the XO has reached a testable 
> state so it's time to start pulling together testing groups.  We will 
> be focusing on 6 major feature areas over the next two weeks:
>
> - Performance
> - Built-in Camera
> - Power Management
> - Networking
> - Display
> - Audio
>
> Since there are ~100 volunteers participating in this project, we 
> realized that some structure might help to both resolve leadership 
> confusion and streamline the test process; hence, we're organizing 
> testing teams for each individual feature area.  There are two major 
> roles in each team:  that of the team lead and that of the team member.
>
> As a team lead, you will have several responsibilities:
> - Coordinate your team's testing efforts
> - Establish a time for and lead regular team IRC meetings
> - Establish some _very_ basic focus point stubs for your feature area 
> on your Wiki page (for a good example, check out 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestPlans/XO_Performance)
> - Report testing status bi-weekly for your respective feature area 
> page on the Wiki
> - Ensure that all defects/bugs are filed and those that are already 
> filed block the FedoraOnXo tracker bug
>
> If you'd like to be a team lead, send me an e-mail 
> (ssalevan at redhat.com) with your top 3 feature area interests.  These 
> roles will be meted out on a first-come, first-served basis, so be 
> sure and get those e-mails out as soon as you can.  I'll be heading up 
> the Audio team (known henceforth as 'The Phil Collins Experience'), so 
> if you thoroughly enjoy both the production and generation of sound, 
> you should join my team.  :-P
>
> As a team member, you will have the following responsibilities:
> - Fill in the stubs that your team lead has provided on your feature 
> Wiki page with test cases and append your e-mail to each one you create
> - Test each test case you create on each new Fedora XO build
> - If a test case fails, file a Bugzilla (for a refresher on how to do 
> this, visit https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests)
> - If you file a Bugzilla, notify your team lead and update the test 
> case on the Wiki
> - Attend IRC team meetings
> - Come up with a kickass name for your team
>
> So!  If you are part of the XO testing project, you should sign up for 
> one of the groups here:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/XO_Test_Roll_Call
>
> If you have any questions or comments regarding this new process, 
> jlaska or I would be glad to answer them.  Otherwise, fire up your new 
> XO, load up the new build, and start rocking out some tests!
> -Steve Salevan
> ssalevan at redhat.com
>




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