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| SRU Verification is the process of testing packages, updated to fix a bug, that exist in the -proposed repository. These packages need testing to ensure that the package continues to function as designed and that the bug is fixed. | ## page was copied from QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification <<Include(QATeam/Header)>> |
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| == How to find bugs needing verification == 1. Bugs needing verification are tagged [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=verification-needed verification-needed]. |
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| == Identifying how to test == | = PPA Testing = Sometimes during the test cycle one of the developers may ask you to test something specific for them. This is often phrased as |
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| == How to perform the test == | {{{ please install application from ppa:xyz and retest. }}} |
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| == Ways to test using virtual machines == | As the developers spend most of their time talking in a language that I understand as well as I do [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon#Language | Klingon]] I did ask for an explanation that humans could understand. In the below example, I will use the application '''application''' from the ppa '''ppa:xyz'''. These two pieces of information will be given to you. If you are ever in doubt of either the application or the ppa full names, please do ask the devs. Do '''not''' install ppa's that you do not fully trust, they can be a source of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware | malware]], if in doubt.... '''ASK''' Some PPA's will ask for acceptance of a GPG key... Again, if in doubt '''ASK''' == Adding == Open a [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal| terminal]] session: {{{ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xyz sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install application }}} If being asked to accept a GPG key, the steps will be slightly different. At the step {{{ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xyz }}} you will asked to accept the GPG key, simply press ''Enter'' to accept, provided you trust the PPA. What the above does: 1. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xyz '''''add the ppa called xyz to your system index''''' 2. sudo apt-get update '''''tell your system it is there to be used''''' 3. sudo apt-get install application '''''install the application''''' == Removing == Now, if the new '''application''' broke your system, then you need to get rid of it and re-install the current version. Open a [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal| terminal]] session: {{{ sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:xyz sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove application sudo apt-get install application }}} What the above does: 1. sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:xyz '''''remove the test ppa area''''' 2. sudo apt-get update '''''tell your system it is no longer to be used''''' 3. sudo apt-get remove application '''''remove the new version''''' 4. sudo apt-get install application '''''now that the test ppa is no longer in use, the install will 'grab' the one from the normal area.''''' |
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PPA Testing
Sometimes during the test cycle one of the developers may ask you to test something specific for them. This is often phrased as
please install application from ppa:xyz and retest.
As the developers spend most of their time talking in a language that I understand as well as I do Klingon I did ask for an explanation that humans could understand. In the below example, I will use the application application from the ppa ppa:xyz. These two pieces of information will be given to you. If you are ever in doubt of either the application or the ppa full names, please do ask the devs. Do not install ppa's that you do not fully trust, they can be a source of malware, if in doubt.... ASK Some PPA's will ask for acceptance of a GPG key... Again, if in doubt ASK
Adding
Open a terminal session:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xyz sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install application
If being asked to accept a GPG key, the steps will be slightly different. At the step
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xyz
you will asked to accept the GPG key, simply press Enter to accept, provided you trust the PPA.
What the above does:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xyz add the ppa called xyz to your system index
sudo apt-get update tell your system it is there to be used
sudo apt-get install application install the application
Removing
Now, if the new application broke your system, then you need to get rid of it and re-install the current version.
Open a terminal session:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:xyz sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove application sudo apt-get install application
What the above does:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:xyz remove the test ppa area
sudo apt-get update tell your system it is no longer to be used
sudo apt-get remove application remove the new version
sudo apt-get install application now that the test ppa is no longer in use, the install will 'grab' the one from the normal area.
QATeam/PPA_Testing (last edited 2013-08-03 04:38:53 by d154-5-184-90)