Utopic Bug Hug (and testing!) Days

[Elfy]

On 26/06/14 19:56, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
> Greetings everyone. Summer is now in full swing for those of us in the 
> Northern Hemisphere (and vice versa for our friends down south). The 
> release cycle too is now well underway, with the first alpha wrapping 
> up this week for those flavors who chose to participate. With that in 
> mind, I'd like to bring back some of the test days we had in past 
> cycles; so let's get to brainstorming and scheduling!
>
> I'd like to create a combination of the testing days and bug hug days 
> we've done in the past. Let's have them on the same day as part of a 
> collaborated effort. We'll work on bug triaging, while executing 
> testcases and attempting to find new bugs or confirm existing ones. 
> Curious about what a bug hug day is/was? Checkout 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay for more information.
>
> We will collaborate via IRC as usual. In addition, I'll plan on 
> hosting a hangout (we'll use ubuntu-on-air) with some demos to help 
> newcomers get up to speed on the tasks we've outlined. After the 
> hangout, we'll continue the conversation via IRC as we work on bugs 
> (filing new ones and triaging existing ones). Here's some of the ideas 
> I had for demos; do you have something else you'd like to see?
>
> Demonstrate installer testing, followed by running manual testcases 
> inside new installation
> Demonstrate filing a bug (during install and for applications)
> Demonstrate bug triaging
> Demonstrate using the emulator (ubuntu touch)
> Demonstrate phone/tablet testing on real devices
> Demonstrate testing core apps (real devices, emulator and desktop)
> Demonstrate exploratory testing (talk about mindset)
> Demonstrate running development release (talk about using changelog, 
> updating on desktop, potential pitfalls, bugs)
> Demonstrate using the qatracker (how to read testcases and run them, 
> how to report results)
>
Demonstrate writing manual testcases and pushing that to the main branch 
perhaps.
> We won't attempt to do all of these in one event of course! We'll try 
> and theme each event and pick applicable demos to go with it. That 
> means we'll focus our work on different areas of ubuntu for each 
> event. The goal for these test and triage days is pretty simple. Work 
> on bugs! Get new bugs found and filed, close old bugs, and 
> triage/confirm/help move forward existing bugs.
>
I can be about for hangouts if needed for installer testing/ filing 
bugs/ exploratory testing/ running dev release/ manual testcases (if we 
do that)
> So to make these events happen we'll need a few things.
>
> Date and time (scheduling)
> Theme
> List of bugs to work on
> Volunteers to help demo
> Your participation!
>
> I'd love to hear some feedback and get the first of these scheduled. 
> Timezones and real life can make things difficult sometimes, but I'm 
> looking at Thursday July 10th from 1900 - 2200 UTC as the first date. 
> I'd like to focus on the desktop, and specifically exploratory testing 
> and running the development release. Let's look at bugs then that 
> affect utopic, the installer or core applications on the desktop.
>
> So,
> I'll volunteer to give a demo on running the development release and 
> demonstrating installer testing, talk about exploratory testing etc.
> Any volunteers for demoing bug triaging? I think this would be 
> something helpful to demo each time we do one of these.
>
> Any volunteers who might be able to help put together a list of bugs 
> for us to focus on triaging? Keep in mind we'd like to focus on the 
> installer and desktop.
>
> I'd like to have several of these during the middle of the cycle 
> before we all get busy again! Thanks everyone!
>
> Nicholas
>

Elfy

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