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<div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">Help with Xubuntu p</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">ackage </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">t</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">esting</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">!</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid3"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid4"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">Last time we called for people
to </span><span class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">help write
the </span><span class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">package </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">testcases</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> and we have had an excellent
response – many thanks to you all – you know who you are. Now
it's time to start the real testing with those testcases!</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid5"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid6"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">Note that package testing</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb"> is </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb u"><u>not</u></span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb"> a replacement for </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">the ISO</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb"> testing but an addition - </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">ISO testing</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb"> still needs to take place,
nothing has changed there either in where and how we need to do
so. </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid7"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid8"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid9"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">How can you help with the
package testing then? It's easy, just follow the steps below:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid10"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid11"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">Go to the package testing
tracker at </span><span class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o url"><a
href="http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/">http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/</a></span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> and click on the "Saucy
Daily" milestone. If you are familiar with the ISO testing
tracker, you will find that the tests are organized very much in
the same way in the package tracker.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid12"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid13"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">The products we are interested
in are Xubuntu Desktop and some* Common products. Click on the
"Xubuntu Desktop" product to see all the tests related to our
Desktop.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid14"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid15"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">In the product overview page,
you will see 5 different testsuites: </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">Xfce Applications, Xfce Core,
Xfce Settings Manager, Xubuntu Applications and Xubuntu
Networking</span><span class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">. </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">Within each testsuite you can
see specific testcases </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">– </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">if you click on one of those
you will be sent to a </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">page with that testcase.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid16"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid17"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">On the testcase page, you will
have the testcase instructions (click the "Testcase" title to
expand them) and the reporting form. R</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">un through the test</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> following the instrutions</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb"> and </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">submit the </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">re</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">sults with the form. NOTE: the
</span><span class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">package test</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">s need to be run </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">on a</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> Saucy ISO.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid18"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid19"><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">If you are the first person to
run the testcase, w</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">e would ask you to also </span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">"</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">double</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">check</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">"</span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb"> the testcase as you run
through it </span><span class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">to
make sure it makes sense and doesn't have any technical errors.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid20"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid21"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid22"><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">We would like to get one
complete set of test results in before Beta 1 which is due on
29th August. </span><span class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o">However,
i</span><span class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">f you have time
and a test has already been run, don't be afraid to</span><span
class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> run the test – all results
are welcome! After we have Beta 1 released, </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">we would like to see a further
test run between Beta</span><span
class="author-g-a6oyf4an6w972wro"> </span><span
class="author-g-5lwdqe6hg0vx12nb">1 and Final Beta on the 22nd
September.</span><span class="author-g-62u4jtda891u5u0o"> This
way we should have every package tested at least twice before
the release.<br>
<br>
Thanks to all <br>
<br>
Elfy<br>
</span></div>
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Ubuntu Forum Council Member
Xubuntu QA Lead</pre>
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