EdgyTestingSpec

Revision 3 as of 2006-07-06 21:12:18

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Summary

This specification outlines our plan for getting Edgy tested properly.

Rationale

Previous releases have been tested in an ad-hoc fashion. Apparently, slightly more organization would be useful, although this has to take into account the organic and volunteer nature of most of our testing infrastructure.

User stories

  • Alexandria is a release manager for Edgy and wants to know if a feature should be kicked out of the release. She consults the testing results offered by the QA efforts and finds the right information to make a decision.
  • Barry is an Ubuntu user who wants to help test Ubuntu, but doesn't know where to start.
  • Carolyn is a Ubuntu user who is on the LaptopTestingTeam. She wants to help test Ubuntu and to report her results so that they'll be acted upon.

Scope

This specification outlines how testing is going to approached for Edgy. This is not meant to be a general specification stretching until the end of time.

Plan

Timeline

See EdgyReleaseSchedule, which this is mirroring a bit.

Week

Date

Task

Status

Notes

June 2006

1

June 22nd

2

June 29th

July 2006

3

July 6th

4

July 13th

Warning /!\ UpstreamVersionFreeze, Knot CD 1

5

July 20th

Info <!> Test plans for new specs

6

July 27th

August 2006

7

August 3rd

8

August 10th

9

August 17th

Info <!> Preliminary test results

10

August 24th

Info <!> DistroSprint this week (proposed)

11

August 31st

September 2006

12

September 7th

Warning /!\ FeatureFreeze

Info <!> Firm test results

13

September 14th

Warning /!\ DocumentationStringFreeze

14

September 21st

Warning /!\ BetaFreeze

15

September 28th

Warning /!\ BetaRelease Warning /!\ UniverseFreeze

Info <!> Last new spec tests

October 2006

16

October 5th

Warning /!\ KernelFreeze, Warning /!\ StringFreeze

Info <!> Test installer

17

October 12th

Warning /!\ NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline

18

October 19th

Warning /!\ ReleaseCandidate, Warning /!\ LanguagePackTranslationDeadline

19

October 26th

Warning /!\ FinalRelease

Info <!> Final installer results

Unresolved issues

BoF agenda and discussion


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