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We may review this at next +packager meeting ? + +What worked: +- some people came, even for an alpha1 +- documentation / check-list is available from +<A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=qa_test-day">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=qa_test-day</A> +- support is effective when questions are asked + +What can be enhanced: +- we may announce sooner, so that people have time to prepare (download iso, +suggest additions to test-plan) +- matrix results? this would show what works, what has been tested and +identify new tests +- identify availabilities along the day (for example, I was only there from +0h42 UTC till 2:00 then 12:00 - 18:00 UTC) +- do not be shy: just ask on irc #mageia-dev or #mageia-qa, you'll get an +answer even if you do not see much activity :) +- even though there's a dedicated test-day, testing is part of the dev +process, do not hesitate to ask on IRC or ML when something unexpectedly +works or (perhaps) does not :-) IMHO, there are many people there for help, +just ask, you may get an answer ;-) + +AFAIC, I began testing upgrading from 2010.2 to cauldron in VirtualBox, see +<A HREF="http://mageiacauldron.tuxfamily.org/TestingMageia1Upgrade20102">http://mageiacauldron.tuxfamily.org/TestingMageia1Upgrade20102</A> +It worked well, better than I expected as it only took 3 hours to upgrade +instead of the usual 4h. Some mdv packages remain as expected, above +expectation is that libreoffice is operational (and replaces completely +openoffice.org), as you may see I've got some bugs to be opened after +checking if they are not already there :) (see the wiki page for detail). +BTW, maybe hwreport can be packaged immediately as a simple rebuild worked +for me (I can maintain the package if needed), see +<A HREF="http://hardware4linux.info/distrib/44407/">http://hardware4linux.info/distrib/44407/</A> (though next step will be hardware +testing, instead of a virtualbox installation). I'll test with smolt in the +following days ;-) + +Thanks damsweb, tmb and ali3n, ahmad78 - and all others I may have forgetten +- for quick answers :) and thanks to all that got involved in this test day +(let us know what you achieved, could not do, even if you were at +swimming-pool on this specific day :p). Rendez-vous for preparing alpha2, +see <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=iso_1_specifications">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=iso_1_specifications</A> for a tentative +planning, if all^Was many of you get involved, we're planning for the best +:<i>) +</I> +Looking for next test-day ;-) (and do not hesitate for day to day questions +on irc relating to triage, documentation...). +@++ +Ben'. aka baud123 +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20110227/e0e9eb78/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002824.html">[Mageia-dev] time to switch from raw partitions to lvm? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2823">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2823">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2823">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2823">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |