Help Needed: Edubuntu RC ISO testing

[Jonathan Carter]

Hi All

I'd like to remind and urge everyone again that testing right now is
crucial.

Please test and mark the items listed on
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/build/edubuntu/all

I'm low on available bandwidth for the month, so I'm not sure if I'll be
able to sync the images down. I'll try though but it's important that
everyone gets involved!

-Jonathan



Ara Pulido wrote:
> Hello Edubuntu users!
> 
> As you may know, Thursday 22nd October we are releasing Edubuntu 9.10
> Release Candidate. This is a very important milestone, as it will be
> very similar to final Edubuntu 9.10 (between them, only very critical
> fixes will be accepted).
> 
> For the 9.10 release we are having very little coverage of Edubuntu
> images and we would need a harder effort for the RC milestone.
> 
> To help, you will need an account in the ISO tracker [1]. This blog post
> is useful as starting guide:
> 
>     http://tinyurl.com/yjujh6c
> 
> Also, one of the common complains about ISO testing is that, when the
> call for testing is done, it takes too long to download the ISOs for
> that candidate image.
> 
> Preparing today for that moment couldn't be easier:
> 
> dl-ubuntu-test-iso is a script, available as part of the
> ubuntu-qa-tools, that downloads Ubuntu (+ Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc) ISO
> images for testing purposes. The script uses rsync, which means that the
> second time you run it, it only downloads the changes to each ISO. So,
> if you use it today, and keep running it every day (or every couple of
> days), you will be already set up to help when the candidates images for
> RC start appearing.
> 
> You will need a configuration file to tell the script which images your
> interested in. I have prepared a configuration file for Edubuntu, and it
> is attached. You will only need to edit it to select which architecture
> you're interested in. Save it in you home folder as .dl-ubuntu-test-iso
> 
> Once you have save the configuration file get the ubuntu-qa-tools from
> its bazaar repository:
> 
>      $ bzr branch lp:ubuntu-qa-tools
>      $ ./ubuntu-qa-tools/dl-ubuntu-test-iso/dl-ubuntu-test-iso.py
> 
> That will save your Edubuntu testing images at ~/iso. And they will get
> updated every time you run the scripts (only if the images have changed).
> 
> Testing will be coordinated from Tuesday in #ubuntu-testing and you can
> start subscribing to the ISO tracker page, so you can be informed when
> the new images start to appear. Any doubts, please, contact me directly.
> 
> Thanks and happy testing!
> Ara.
> 
> [1] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com
> 

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