[Ubuntugnome-qa] [Urgent] Call for Testing Trusty Tahr Beta 1 Candidate

[Erick Brunzell]

On 02/28/2014 01:28 AM, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Michael Gratton <mike at vee.net
> <mailto:mike at vee.net>> wrote:
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>
>     On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org
>     <mailto:amjjawad at gnome.org>> wrote:
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>         Hi everyone,
>
>         Kindly treat this email and this call for testing as high
>         priority and urgent.
>
>         Please have a read:
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>         http://ubuntugnome.org/trusty-tahr-beta-1-candidate/
>
>         As always, thank you for your support and we're waiting for
>         your testing :)
>
>
>
>     Cool! So is this apt-get dist-upgradeable?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> That was an old email ;)
>
> We're testing now Beta 1 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing
> And soon, we will back to test the daily images.
>
> Kindly keep in mind that in order to help Ubuntu GNOME with the
> testing process, you're required, as always, to test only the 'latest'
> build. Testing an old build is pointless and useless.
>
> Those who are involved with testings need always to keep an eye on the
> QA mailing list of Ubuntu GNOME and
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing
>
> If there is any Q or anything wrong with that Wiki Page, please do
> shout at me. Send me directly or send to the list.
>
> Thank you!
>
> P.S.
> In order for any test to be really helpful, tester is required to
> always do a clean and fresh install :)
> Using any kind of upgrade is less helpful.

I would respectfully disagree. With a six month release cycle and a nine
month support cycle I'd very much appreciate some help testing the
'release-upgrader' properly. Properly is a key word, eg;

To upgrade Ubuntu GNOME Saucy to Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Beta 1 simply
execute the command "update-manager -d" in the terminal. No sudo is
required, nor is it preferred!

To upgrade Ubuntu GNOME Saucy to Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Daily simply
execute the command "update-manager -d -c" in the terminal. Again no
sudo is required, nor is it preferred!

Bug filing against the 'release-upgrader' is still a bit confusing to
me, but official documentation indicates that "ubuntu-bug
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core" should usually be sufficient, just be sure
to include the log files contained in "/var/log/dist-upgrade/".

>
> Why?
> Because the installation process is the very first thing that everyone
> needs to test. A system that can't be installed is 100% useless and
> thus, we must test the testing process :)
> I will keep repeating this until I make sure everyone is aware of this :)

Yes, the more testing the better! One bad installation experience can
turn a user against a distro forever! So those of us who don't mind
blowing things up from time to time are key to producing a pleasant end
result.

Lance

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