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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
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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].		 ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"><<TableOfContents>>||
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== Identifying how to test == = PPA Testing =
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== How to perform the test ==
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== Ways to test using virtual machines ==
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 test'''.
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Package_Archive|- Definition PPA -]]

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 ==

If the new '''application''' does not work, report a [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ReportingBugs | Bug]]. Then you may want / 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.'''''


== GPG Keys ==

A full description of GPG keys and their use can be found at [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto | About GPG Keys]].

PPA Testing

IconsPage/flask192x192.png

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 test. - Definition PPA -

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:

  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

If the new application does not work, report a Bug. Then you may want / 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:

  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.

GPG Keys

A full description of GPG keys and their use can be found at About GPG Keys.

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