Re-thinking Manual Testing

[Nicholas Skaggs]

I wanted to follow-up on this to say the wiki page of work assignments 
has been officially laid to rest. All the work is now in the bug 
tracker. Looking for something that needs contributing? Have a look!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-tests/+bugs?field.tag=todo

Nicholas

On 02/01/2013 12:24 AM, Javier P.L. wrote:
> Cool Nicholas, a total +1 to this, I think it'll help me to get more involved in
> manual testcase reviewing.
>
> One think I'd like to see will be testcases in differente languages, a lot more
> of people could help if they could be able to follow the steps.
>
> Greetings
>
> On 30/01/13 at 06:10pm, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>> So, in an effort to bring more focus and exposure to manual testing,
>> I've been a bit busy setting up a cleaner way for everyone to
>> contribute testcases. In that vein, I'd like to announce that the
>> manual tests on the tracker(s) are now all on launchpad. There is a
>> launchpad project and you can branch and submit merge requests to
>> get new testcases or testcase modifications in. In addition, you can
>> easily file bugs when you find something wrong in a testcase :-)
>> Check the project out here:
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-tests
>>
>> Check out the tests here:
>>
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-testcase/ubuntu-manual-tests/trunk/files/head:/testcases/
>>
>> So what does this mean for everyone? Let me share my thoughts and
>> talk about ways you can help.
>>
>> It means anyone can see all the testcases in use at anytime, and
>> feel free to contribute / suggest edits, just like any other ubuntu
>> project. We will sync the testcases in the branch to the tracker as
>> updates happen to the branch. This solves several problems of the
>> current system; namely, only testcade admins can edit the actual
>> testcase, and credit for the testcase is not well represented.
>>
>> So what do we need help with?
>>
>> 1) The QATeam wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam) needs updated to reflect
>> the new project
>> 2) The workitems found on the wiki
>> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/TestcaseUpdates) moved to bugs on
>> launchpad instead to enable better tracking. For example,
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-tests/+bug/1109321. This
>> will allow us to better describe the tasks. We can tag them as
>> to-do, and then assign and track and work them inside launchpad
>> instead of the wiki.
>> 3) And of course, manual testcases need to be written and updated :-)
>>
>> In addition, I'm working on a tutorial to demonstrate writing a
>> manual testcase under the new process (similar to the autopilot
>> tutorial). What else would you all like to see happen with manual
>> testcases? What would help or hinder your contribution? Let me know
>> your thoughts. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Nicholas
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