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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 ===
  * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Contact|See how to contact us!]]		 = Ubuntu Quality =
'''The Ubuntu Quality team''' is focused on developing and maintaining the 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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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. You can get involved with the Ubuntu Quality team in several ways. To help you figure out what you can do to help us, we have split the tasks in several roles:
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=== Joining ===
Interested in joining the team? Great! You need to do a couple things to get plugged in.

 * Please subscribe to the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|Ubuntu Quality mailing list]]. Announcements and coordination for testing will occur on this list.
 * Please send an introductory email to the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|Ubuntu Quality mailing list]] list introducing yourself, your previous QA work, and your plans for working in the team.
 * Join the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-testing|Launchpad QA Team]].		 <<Include(QATeam/HeaderRoles)>>
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 * Read an [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Overview|overview]] of how the team operates.
 * Familiarize yourself with the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Glossary|glossary]] of terms used.
 * Pick an area of testing you would like to get involved with! See the different activities we do on the [[Testing/Activities|Activities]] page. The [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|mailing list]] will also announce opportunities as they come up.
 * If your unsure of where to start, going through a testing walk-through is a good place to familiarize yourself with how to test and use the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/QATracker|qatracker]]. [[http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/|The package tracker]] contains the products we are currently testing. Pick one to test, and follow the instructional [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/CallforTesting/Walkthrough|walk-through]]. If you get stuck, ask for help!		 After you've found out the area(s) where you want to help us with, we recommend '''subscribing to the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|Ubuntu Quality mailing list]]'''. Announcements and coordination for testing will occur on this list.
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=== Getting Help ===
 * If you have trouble understanding where to start, contact us for help:
  * Send an email to the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|mailing list]]
  * Come to talk to us on the '''#ubuntu-quality''' channel on irc.freenode.net		 Also consider stopping by on IRC and saying hello in realtime! We hang out in the '''[[https://web.libera.chat/?nick=webchat?#ubuntu-quality|#ubuntu-quality]] IRC channel''' on the Libera.Chat IRC network.
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== QA related teams ==
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##TOP
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##Main
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">[[QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification|SRU Verification]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">SRU testing/validation||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://launchpad.net/~sru-verification|sru-verification]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|ubuntu-qa]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">'''#ubuntu-quality'''||
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##Ubuntu
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">[[QATeam|Ubuntu QA]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">Main Ubuntu QA coordination/development||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-qa|ubuntu-qa]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|ubuntu-qa]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">'''#ubuntu-quality'''||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">||
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##kubuntu
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">[[Kubuntu/QA|Kubuntu QA]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">Kubuntu QA coordination/development||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members|kubuntu-members]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel|kubuntu-devel]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">'''#kubuntu-devel'''||
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##xubuntu
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">[[http://www.xubuntu.org/contribute/qa_bugs_testing|Xubuntu QA]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">Xubuntu QA coordination/development||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-team|xubuntu-team]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel|xubuntu-devel]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">'''#xubuntu-devel'''||
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##lubuntu
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing|Lubuntu QA]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">Lubuntu QA coordination/development||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa|lubuntu-team]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://lists.launchpad.net/lubuntu-qa/|lubuntu-qa]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">'''#lubuntu'''||
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##ubuntustudio
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Testing|Ubuntu Studio QA]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">Ubuntu Studio QA coordination/development||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-testers|ubuntustudio-testers]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-Studio-devel|Ubuntu-Studio-devel]]||<bgcolor="#f7f6f5;">'''#ubuntustudio-devel'''||		 There are a few tutorials to get you started:
 * '''For testers:''' [[QATeam/DevelopmentSetup|Setting up a development/testing installation]]
 * '''For people who plan to contribute to things maintained in Bzr branches (testcases and code):''' [[QATeam/DevelopmentToolsSetup|Setting up development tools]] and [[QATeam/DevelopmentToolsUsage|Working with Bzr branches and Launchpad]]
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=== Further resources ===
 * The [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-testing|Launchpad QA Team]] is open for everybody helping out the QA team to join!
 * You can send an introductory email to the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality|Ubuntu Quality mailing list]] list introducing yourself and your plans for working in the team.
 * You can add your information on the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Hardware|Hardware]] page.
 * The [[QATeam/FAQ|FAQ page]] answers the most common questions.

Ubuntu Quality

The Ubuntu Quality team is focused on developing and maintaining the 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.

Getting Involved

You can get involved with the Ubuntu Quality team in several ways. To help you figure out what you can do to help us, we have split the tasks in several roles:

Next Steps

After you've found out the area(s) where you want to help us with, we recommend subscribing to the Ubuntu Quality mailing list. Announcements and coordination for testing will occur on this list.

Also consider stopping by on IRC and saying hello in realtime! We hang out in the #ubuntu-quality IRC channel on the Libera.Chat IRC network.

There are a few tutorials to get you started:

Additionally, if you need more information or guidance on getting started, you can ask for help both in the mailing list and the IRC channel.

Further resources

  • The Launchpad QA Team is open for everybody helping out the QA team to join!

  • You can send an introductory email to the Ubuntu Quality mailing list list introducing yourself and your plans for working in the team.

  • You can add your information on the Hardware page.

  • The FAQ page answers the most common questions.

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