Work items: Fedora on XO testing plan

[Edward Cherlin]

I'm currently available as a tech writer. I don't know how long that
will last. Let me know if somebody wants to see more samples than you
can find on the Wiki.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> So I've just concluded a meeting with James Laska to figure out the plan.
> Here's what we've got so far, with owners.  Comments welcome.
>
> Note: we hope to have some of these knocked out by next Tuesday, and the
> remainder by next Friday.
>
> 1. (jlaska) We will identify a number of high-level testing tasks that teams
> will take on.  Examples so far: camera support (does the new F10 webcam
> stuff work with the XO cam?), power management, wireless (weird drivers
> upstream?), display/xrandr (does turning the XO sideways do something
> crazy?).  There will be others, and we will share them when we've got a
> first draft.
>
> 2. (jkatz?) We need bulletproof docs that allow our testers to easily put
> the latest images onto their SD cards.
>
> 3. (gdk) Figure out and communicate exactly what spin we're using.  i.e.
> GNOME.  :)
>
> 4. (jlaska) Identify the dates for testable release candidates, and sync
> those as best as possible to anticipated F10 snapshot releases.
>
> 5. (gdk) Build a team structure on the wiki that is time-based, so that
> testers can commit to a 4-hour block anytime during the week and join a team
> that will work with them.  Also identify additional roles like triagers and
> leaders which will entail broader responsibility, and recruit specifically
> for those roles.
>
> 6. (gdk) Further qualify leads by other criteria: having an SD writer (duh),
> having a second computer (for transferring images and communicating on irc,
> etc.), understanding bugzilla, etc.
>
> 7. (jlaska) Identify and document workflow for Fedora-on-XO bugs (use
> tracking bugs? how to verify "closed rawhide" bugs? etc.)
>
> --g
>
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