[Mageia-discuss] Appeal for people - QA Needs You

Sat Jun 30 17:51:43 CEST 2012

On 30/06/12 15:53, Sandro CAZZANIGA wrote:
+>
+> Le 30 juin 2012 16:49, "Claire Robinson" <eeeemail at gmail.com
+> <mailto:eeeemail at gmail.com>> a écrit :
+>  >
+>  > On 28/06/12 15:45, Claire Robinson wrote:
+>  >>
+>  >> Hi all
+>  >>
+>  >> Some of you may be aware of the current shortage of contributors in QA.
+>  >> Since the release of Mageia 2 our workload has doubled and we are
+>  >> struggling to stay on top of it.
+>  >>
+>  >> I'd like to appeal to you all, if you can find some time, to consider
+>  >> joining the QA team and helping to make Mageia!
+>  >>
+>  >> You don't have to be a guru to do useful QA so it is a good way for
+>  >> people of all experience levels to contribute to the community. We are
+>  >> all ages and from all over the world, united by a common cause.
+>  >>
+>  >> We have a documented procedure to follow and are more than willing to
+>  >> offer some informal mentoring until you feel comfortable with what you
+>  >> are doing. We have people of all abilities and it is a welcoming and
+>  >> friendly, albeit small, team - so please don't be shy or think your
+>  >> contribution would be meaningless. We need all the help we can get!
+>  >>
+>  >> As you may know, the long rumoured backport medias will be opening
+>  >> before too long (hopefully!) and it will be our job in QA to test
+>  >> backported packages then, aswell as the regular updates. If you like to
+>  >> test new stuff before it is released or like to learn about old stuff
+>  >> you maybe never knew existed before then QA is definitely for you.
+>  >>
+>  >> We want to ensure updates are processed in a timely fashion but our
+>  >> backlog is growing longer at the moment instead of shorter. So Please,
+>  >> if you would like to help, take a moment and read our wiki pages. There
+>  >> is a wealth of information there. If you do decide to join then please
+>  >> say Hi on the qa-discuss mailing list or on IRC, we'd be very grateful
+>  >> and glad to see you!
+>  >>
+>  >> Wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team
+>  >> IRC: #mageia-qa on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>
+>  >>
+>  >> We will be holding regular meetings now on the IRC channel on Thursdays
+>  >> at 19UTC. You are more than welcome to come and join in.
+>  >>
+>  >> If you need any more info or guidance then please don't hesitate to ask
+>  >> either on list or off.
+>  >>
+>  >> Hope to see you soon!
+>  >>
+>  >> Thanks
+>  >> Claire (MrsB)
+>  >
+>  >
+>  >
+>  > Ping :)
+>
+> Ashiqur Rahman Angel (pseudo angel) would like to contribute...
+>
+
+Thats great Sandro, please show them how :)
+
+We still need more though please, anybody else?
+
+Thankyou!
+Claire
+