Re-thinking Manual Testing

Tue Feb 5 16:02:12 UTC 2013

Awesome idea Nicolas! If I can help to this project, let me know :)

Sergio Meneses
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On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Nicholas Skaggs <
nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:

>  Phill, yes this might cause some folks to have to learn about launchpad,
> but it's something that is good to learn -- it's not specific to QA and is
> needed for contributing to many ubuntu areas.
>
> As far as viewing and responding to working on the needed items, anyone
> with a ubuntu SSO account can comment on the bug and express interest or
> offer patches. I and others on the team would be happy to help them with
> there contribution, including lessons on using launchpad if needed in order
> to get it committed :-)The initial requirements (ubuntu sso) are the same
> whether in lp or on the wiki. Contributing something is now a skill that
> can be used to contribute to QA or any other lp project :-)
>
> As always, I am happy to help anyone who would otherwise contribute, but
> are unsure of how to navigate the tools. Feel free to ping me, email the
> list, comment on a bug, whatever you wish. We'll help you out.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nicholas
>
>
> On 02/04/2013 05:00 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
> yup,
>
>  as soon as someone makes the time to explain all of this new area and
> usage. IIRC, you are supposed to have PGP / GPG keys to commit? Yet another
> step for people who can write a clear set of instructions to 'jump through
> a further hoop'?
>
>  It still 'needs selling to me'. I'm one of the olde worlde fashioned
> people, I'm sure I'm not the only one :)
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Phill.
>
> On 4 February 2013 16:50, Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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