Re-thinking Manual Testing

Nicholas Skaggs nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
Wed Jan 30 23:10:10 UTC 2013


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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