<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I hope John doesn't mind me sharing his question, since it's a good one :-) From google, Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software testing, ascertaining that the most crucial functions of a program work, but not bothering with finer details I think that sums up what I mean when I say smoke tests. In practice, you'll find the smoketests to be a series of yes/no questions. This differs from the step-by-step instructions with actions and expected results of our normal testcases. Those tests (like for example, iso testing), are meant to cover as many details as possible to find out any and all bugs. When we test something as large as the kernel or audio, we typically utilize testcases that are more in line with smoke-testing to ensure general compatibility and functionality. Make sense? Now, this probably belongs on our wiki someplace. Phil? Others? Ideas? Nicholas On 08/07/2012 06:32 PM, John Kim wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAFbLB_uuPj10yur68M+_F0e_++_D0bNyS9Nv2DwLUhc82d3Q+w@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> It may sound silly, but what are smoke tests? <div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 7, 2012 3:23 PM, "Nicholas Skaggs" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nicholas.skaggs@canonical.com">nicholas.skaggs@canonical.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> For those of you running quantal looking for something easy to test (outside of the iso testing going on this week :-) ), consider testing the new version of pulseaudio for quantal. The testcase is simple and is located here: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/225/builds/20458/testcases" target="_blank">http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/225/builds/20458/testcases</a> It's a basic series of smoketests. Details on how to use the qatracker are here: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/CallforTesting/Walkthrough" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/CallforTesting/Walkthrough</a> As always if you need help, email myself or the list. Cheers! Nicholas </div> -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa</a> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>