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<big><small>I'm not going to be at the meeting later this week, but
I need to get some things out to you for Thursday's blueprint
meeting. <br>
<br>
Can the team <u>please</u> comment on the pads where applicable
and here.<br>
<br>
I'll trust you all to deal with the meeting side for me :)<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
</small></big><b><big><br>
Image testing</big></b><br>
<br>
Autopilot - when it turns up, is penned for the first milestone -
however there are no guarantees and no telling <i>who's</i> first
milestone. Might be the first Ubuntu milestone ...<br>
<br>
Spoke to Dan in the QA channel who's working on this <br>
<i><br>
</i>
<blockquote><i>"Basically the tests cover multiple aspects of the
install so pretty much follows the same processes as the current
manual tests do. So checking each page has the correct
entries,labels, images etc which varies depending on the
install scenario i.e lvm, manual partition etc. The plan is to
cover all possible scenarios so resize testing is the next on my
list."</i><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
That would cover all of our current image testing scenarios. <br>
<br>
What it doesn't do is check anything that we'd actually physically
see - all it's going to do is check that an image install as
expected, Dan is hoping/working on it to reboot the vm to check that
the image installs and allows it to be run<br>
<br>
I'm not sure that this is going to put us in a better position than
we currently are, at least until we're sure of the results. So calls
for Image testing will be as previous cycles.<br>
<br>
<b><big>Package testing</big></b><br>
<br>
At present we're no further forward with autopilot than we were
before. There's not much that I can do with this - not being able to
code is a massive handicap - to be frank, someone else needs to run
with this - thanks lderan :)<br>
<br>
It would be good to at least get a definitive - "yes we'll manage to
get this into testing this cycle" or a "no, we'll never manage to
get it in" before too much longer. <br>
<br>
I anticipate us using the package tracker how we started to last
cycle. <br>
<br>
What I need to do is get some sort of plan together. <br>
<br>
For that I propose that we focus on the 5 groupings that we
currently have there. <br>
<br>
I also think that we should set our own schedule for this, while we
could use the generic schedule when it arrives - there's no
guarantees that it will actually suit us. <br>
<br>
Given that I need to start planning - I'm going to assume that
nothing new is going to be released for Trusty.<br>
<br>
A draft plan for this is at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pad.ubuntu.com/OHGoAbZPji">http://pad.ubuntu.com/OHGoAbZPji</a><br>
<br>
You can see from there that there are 12 weeks with neither planned
package or image testing. <br>
<br>
<b><big>Package testing - new to land apps</big></b><br>
<br>
Please make sure that I get information on anything we are going to
want testing at the earliest opportunity; including PPAs people will
need to use to be able to test these things. <br>
<br>
We'll just have to roll with these as and when they come up - better
for us to be a smaller team probably here, not so much inertia to
slow down and change direction :)<br>
<br>
I know we are looking at GTK3 indicator support and mugshot amongst
others, we've got both menulibre and whisker menu on the roadmap
wiki at the moment - I assume we'll not be needing both - or am I
wrong? <br>
<br>
xubuntu-core: how much, if any, testing is going to be needed for
this? <br>
<br>
Would be useful if we can fit anything new into free weeks.<br>
<br>
<b><big>Post Install testing</big></b><br>
<br>
We currently have 2 testcases - 1 is mandatory, the other run-once.<br>
<br>
Propose we stop these 2 testcases and create 2 new ones.<br>
<br>
1 to cover those hardware tests we want to run, the other software.<br>
<br>
What we don't want to do (in my opinion) is run tests for anything
currently covered in the package tracker for us. <br>
<br>
I've started work on these at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pad.ubuntu.com/tMDkmYj80V">http://pad.ubuntu.com/tMDkmYj80V</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pad.ubuntu.com/LwlvLFzpzi">http://pad.ubuntu.com/LwlvLFzpzi</a><br>
<br>
Please look and have at them.<br>
<br>
Finally<br>
<br>
<b><big>Testing Calls</big></b><br>
<br>
Up to now we have just used the -dev m/l to call for this.<br>
<br>
I am sure that we should at least make the same calls to the user
list too - at least when it comes to milestone testing.<br>
<br>
I've got a roundup of the Saucy cycle from my perspective draft at
the blog - I'd like to be able to post calls and regular updates
during this next cycle there too - but if we do that, then they need
to be 'out' and seen as soon as is practical.<br>
<br>
I'd also like to be able to get the same calls listed on all of the
social media outlets we have. I assume I need to hassle Lyz for this
:)<br>
<br>
Kev<br>
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Ubuntu Forum Council Member
Xubuntu QA Lead</pre>
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