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The Ubuntu QA team is focused on developing tools, policies, and practices for ensuring Ubuntu's quality as a distribution as well as providing general advice, oversight, and leadership of QA activities within the Ubuntu project. The Ubuntu QA team is focused on developing and maintaining documentation, policies and practices for ensuring Ubuntu's quality as a distribution as well as providing general advice, oversight, and leadership of QA community and its activities within the Ubuntu project.
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In general, QA in Ubuntu is divided into the following areas:
  * Defect Management (Bug Triage)
  * Quality Control (Update, Application, and Pre-Release Testing)
  * Quality Assurance (Verification of Changes, Policy Compliance Review)
  * Product Improvement (Development)
=== What kinds of things does the Ubuntu QA team do? ===
 * Assesses and communicates Ubuntu's QA needs.
 * Works on creating consistent and efficient QA-related policies.
 * Helps to build communities around QA work and run them smoothly.
 * Leads Ubuntu's testing activities.
 * Provides leadership to Ubuntu QA-related projects.
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=== What kinds of things does Ubuntu QA do? ===
 * Coordinate between the various QA-related teams
 * Build communities around QA work and help them run smoothly
 * Provide ''lead-from-the-front'' leadership to Ubuntu's QA projects
 * Assess and communicate Ubuntu's QA needs
 * Develop tools and services needed in Ubuntu QA work
 * Work on creating consistent and efficient QA-related policies
 * whatever else comes up or people want to contribute

The Ubuntu QA team is focused on developing and maintaining documentation, policies and practices for ensuring Ubuntu's quality as a distribution as well as providing general advice, oversight, and leadership of QA community and its activities within the Ubuntu project.

What kinds of things does the Ubuntu QA team do?

  • Assesses and communicates Ubuntu's QA needs.
  • Works on creating consistent and efficient QA-related policies.
  • Helps to build communities around QA work and run them smoothly.
  • Leads Ubuntu's testing activities.
  • Provides leadership to Ubuntu QA-related projects.

Contact

Meetings

The Ubuntu QA team has regular weekly meetings Wednesdays at 17:00 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net . See agenda and archive at /Meetings

Getting Involved

Ubuntu QA is mainly a coordination team, so individuals, not other teams, can be members. Additionally, memberships expire annually and can be renewed by members themselves. We heartily encourage people from all areas of QA to join our team.

If you like to join us, then:

  • Please send an introductory email to the ubuntu-qa list introducing yourself, your previous QA work, and your plans for working in the team.

  • Consider joining our Launchpad QA Team.

  • Come to talk to us on the #ubuntu-testing channel on irc.freenode.net

  • Join our team meetings in #ubuntu-meeting channel on Wednesdays, 17:00 GMT. Click here to read the details and agenda for the next meeting, as well as logs of previous meetings.

Current Activities

The main list of QA tasks is our Activities page, but if you're eager to start without wasting any moment, talk to the team about doing one of the tasks from the following list:

Name

Purpose/focus

Launchpad

Mailing list

IRC

Primary contact(s)

SRU Verification

SRU testing/validation

sru-verification

ubuntu-qa

#ubuntu-testing

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)

Ubuntu QA

Main Ubuntu QA coordination/development

ubuntu-qa

ubuntu-qa

#ubuntu-testing

Kubuntu QA

Kubuntu QA coordination/development

kubuntu-members

kubuntu-devel

#kubuntu-devel

Richard Johnson (nixternal)

Xubuntu QA

Xubuntu QA coordination/development

xubuntu-team

xubuntu-devel

#xubuntu-devel

Lubuntu QA

Lubuntu QA coordination/development

lubuntu-team

lubuntu-qa

#lubuntu

Phill Whiteside (phillw)

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