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The UbuntuQA team is not the Quality Assurance (QA) team for Ubuntu.

The real QA team is the Ubuntu BugSquad.

Rather, it is a subset of the BugSquad who can change the [:Bugs/Importance] and Milestone fields for any Ubuntu bug. You do this when you are [:Bugs/HowToTriage:triaging].

Requirements for joining

You need to show three things:

1. You promise to be polite to bug reporters, even if they don't deserve it. Even if they are rude to you, you have to respond gracefully and not take it personally.
2. You need to know [:Bugs/HowToTriage] and have read the [:Bugs/Importance] page. There's a particular procedure for triaging and Importance has a specific meaning, so we want to make sure you know the conventions.
3. Have a list of triaged bugs that demonstrate you understand triaging.

In order to join:

• sign up: with the BugSquad.

• triage: [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.importance%3Alist=Undecided&assignee_option=none&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.component=1&field.component=2&field.component-empty-marker=1&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_no_package.used=&search=Search some bugs] and keep a short list (about 5) of your best ones.

• read: [:Bugs/Importance].

• apply: to the [http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-qa UbuntuQA team] and reply to the Ubuntu QA team application you will receive.

• alternatively apply and e-mail BrianMurray directly with responses to the application provided below.

• show up to an UbuntuBugDay and contact [:BrianMurray:bdmurray] in the #ubuntu-bugs [:IRC] channel on irc.freenode.net.

Application

1. Do you promise to be polite to bug reporters even if they are rude to you or Ubuntu?
2. Have you read [:Bugs/HowToTriage] and [:Bugs/Importance]? Do you have any questions about that documentation?
3. Is there a particular package or group of packages that you are interested in helping out with?
4. Please list of five or more bugs which you have triaged. These bugs should demonstrate your understanding of the triage process and how to properly handle bugs. If there is a bug in your list that does not have an importance indicate what importance you would give it after becoming a member of Ubuntu QA. Please use urls in your list of bugs.

Links

• BugSquad

• HelpingWithBugs

• [:Bugs/HowToTriage]

• [http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-qa UbuntuQA in Launchpad]

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