Alphas - opting in/out : Cadence testing

[Pasi Lallinaho]

On 14/06/13 19:45, Elfy wrote:
> At the meeting this week we decided to opt out of Alpha1 and
> concentrate on Alpha 2 and 3.
>
> The release schedule has now been amended. [1]
>
> There is no Alpha3, only 1 and 2
>
> Alpha1 is due June 27th which is sometime around Cadence week 2
>
> Alpha2 is due July 25th (between cadence weeks 3 and 4)
>
> Are we going to now work with Alpha1 and 2 - I assume so.

I would say this is a good plan as long as we have people to test our
images.

> Beta 1 is due August 29th
>
> Final Beta due September 26th
>
> As far as cadence testing goes - we want to try and work in any
> specific tests during those weeks. [2]
>
> To do that we need to have tests ready.
>
> A suggestion. if for no other reason than to start a discussion,
> perhaps do
>
> Cadence week 2 - office apps (abiword manual test written, gnumeric in
> progress)

The new Abiword should land in Saucy *sometime* in the cycle. We want to
make sure we're testing the new one.

> Cadence week 3 - empty for the moment
> Cadence week 4 - web apps (firefox written, xchat written, thunderbird
> written, pidgin in hand)
> Cadence week 5 - empty for the moment
> Cadence week 6 - media apps (nothing written)
>
> I've got a testcase in hand for the new greeter.
>
> But we need some pointers as to what we need to work with and some
> sort of prioritisation for them all. There is a bug list for these
> manual tests [3]. Can people look and help with at least prioritising.

I'll have a look at that at some point.

> Thanks
>
> Elfy
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseSchedule
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Cadence/Saucy (likely to change)
> [3]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-tests/+bugs?field.tag=xubuntu&orderby=status&start=0
>

Cheers,
Pasi

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