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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Appeal for people - QA Needs You</H1>
<B>Claire Robinson</B>
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<PRE>On 30/06/12 15:53, Sandro CAZZANIGA wrote:
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</I>><i> Le 30 juin 2012 16:49, "Claire Robinson" <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">eeeemail at gmail.com</A>
</I>><i> <mailto:<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">eeeemail at gmail.com</A>>> a écrit :
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > On 28/06/12 15:45, Claire Robinson wrote:
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> Hi all
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> Some of you may be aware of the current shortage of contributors in QA.
</I>><i> >> Since the release of Mageia 2 our workload has doubled and we are
</I>><i> >> struggling to stay on top of it.
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> I'd like to appeal to you all, if you can find some time, to consider
</I>><i> >> joining the QA team and helping to make Mageia!
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> You don't have to be a guru to do useful QA so it is a good way for
</I>><i> >> people of all experience levels to contribute to the community. We are
</I>><i> >> all ages and from all over the world, united by a common cause.
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> We have a documented procedure to follow and are more than willing to
</I>><i> >> offer some informal mentoring until you feel comfortable with what you
</I>><i> >> are doing. We have people of all abilities and it is a welcoming and
</I>><i> >> friendly, albeit small, team - so please don't be shy or think your
</I>><i> >> contribution would be meaningless. We need all the help we can get!
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> As you may know, the long rumoured backport medias will be opening
</I>><i> >> before too long (hopefully!) and it will be our job in QA to test
</I>><i> >> backported packages then, aswell as the regular updates. If you like to
</I>><i> >> test new stuff before it is released or like to learn about old stuff
</I>><i> >> you maybe never knew existed before then QA is definitely for you.
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> We want to ensure updates are processed in a timely fashion but our
</I>><i> >> backlog is growing longer at the moment instead of shorter. So Please,
</I>><i> >> if you would like to help, take a moment and read our wiki pages. There
</I>><i> >> is a wealth of information there. If you do decide to join then please
</I>><i> >> say Hi on the qa-discuss mailing list or on IRC, we'd be very grateful
</I>><i> >> and glad to see you!
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> Wiki: <A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team</A>
</I>><i> >> IRC: #mageia-qa on irc.freenode.net <<A HREF="http://irc.freenode.net">http://irc.freenode.net</A>>
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> We will be holding regular meetings now on the IRC channel on Thursdays
</I>><i> >> at 19UTC. You are more than welcome to come and join in.
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> If you need any more info or guidance then please don't hesitate to ask
</I>><i> >> either on list or off.
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> Hope to see you soon!
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> Thanks
</I>><i> >> Claire (MrsB)
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Ping :)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Ashiqur Rahman Angel (pseudo angel) would like to contribute...
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Thats great Sandro, please show them how :)
We still need more though please, anybody else?
Thankyou!
Claire
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