Hardware database (Would be very useful)
All, Especially SuSE people, I forgot to ask something at the FOSDEM. I notice when i have a bug. That you (understandably) don't have the same hardware in the house. So i was wondering if it might be interresting to have a database with all hardware of all beta testers in it. So you can ask an other beta tester to do a test. I have currently a bug that most likely looks like a kernel bug. But I'm not 100% sure. Therefor it would be great if there would be someone around who could do the same test(s). Regards, Joop Boonen.
Joop Boonen wrote:
I forgot to ask something at the FOSDEM. I notice when i have a bug. That you (understandably) don't have the same hardware in the house.
So i was wondering if it might be interresting to have a database with all hardware of all beta testers in it. So you can ask an other beta tester to do a test.
That's a good idea. Well, just create a wiki page for it on the
opensuse.org wiki ;)
Has anyone something to object ?
cheers
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:22:23PM +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Joop Boonen wrote:
I forgot to ask something at the FOSDEM. I notice when i have a bug. That you (understandably) don't have the same hardware in the house.
So i was wondering if it might be interresting to have a database with all hardware of all beta testers in it. So you can ask an other beta tester to do a test.
That's a good idea. Well, just create a wiki page for it on the opensuse.org wiki ;)
Has anyone something to object ?
In itself, no. I just wonder if a Wiki is the ideal place for such info. I do not know how many betatesters there are. If I just look at the torrents, there are several hundred. I am just curious what the added value of such a page would be and if there is not perhaps a better way to comunicate that your hardware does or does not work. This would probably mean a database where betatester can enter what worked and what not. Also perhaps the info is just needed if things don't work. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau
Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 14:48 schrieb houghi:
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:22:23PM +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Joop Boonen wrote:
I forgot to ask something at the FOSDEM. I notice when i have a bug. That you (understandably) don't have the same hardware in the house.
So i was wondering if it might be interresting to have a database with all hardware of all beta testers in it. So you can ask an other beta tester to do a test.
That's a good idea. Well, just create a wiki page for it on the opensuse.org wiki ;)
Has anyone something to object ?
In itself, no. I just wonder if a Wiki is the ideal place for such info. I do not know how many betatesters there are. If I just look at the torrents, there are several hundred.
Agreed, but in the short-term a good table set-up on the Wiki would proably work until a better long term solution can be found.
I am just curious what the added value of such a page would be and if there is not perhaps a better way to comunicate that your hardware does or does not work. This would probably mean a database where betatester can enter what worked and what not.
Probably more helpful for the Dev's, say they've supposedly fixed a problem which manefests itself on specific hardware or a combination of hardware, they can look for a tester who has that configuration, and ask them to test it specifically - obviously it would need testing on other hardware as well to ensure that it didn't break anything else, but if the specific combination isn't available in the lab I think it might be useful...
Also perhaps the info is just needed if things don't work.
houghi
Dave -- "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:09:19PM +0100, David Wright wrote:
Probably more helpful for the Dev's, say they've supposedly fixed a problem which manefests itself on specific hardware or a combination of hardware, they can look for a tester who has that configuration, and ask them to test it specifically - obviously it would need testing on other hardware as well to ensure that it didn't break anything else, but if the specific combination isn't available in the lab I think it might be useful...
OK. If you are going to do that it will be great. There are some cosiderations: You need to be able to rely on the specific netatesters to do the job. You need to rely on the quality and so on. What might be better would be a request for specific testers. e.g. Extra testing demanden for Matrox G550 Dualhead during installation¹. People with such a card then could betatest in more detail. SUSE people won't need to look up who has what and either ask people who have new hardware or have forgotten to add themselves. ¹Used to work automagically, now you need to install with `sax2 -b /usr/share/sax/profile/Matrox_Dualhead` houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau
On 3/1/06, David Wright
In itself, no. I just wonder if a Wiki is the ideal place for such info. I do not know how many betatesters there are. If I just look at the torrents, there are several hundred.
Agreed, but in the short-term a good table set-up on the Wiki would proably work until a better long term solution can be found.
This could just be an expansion of the current Hardware Compatibility List http://www.opensuse.org/HCL For each device we could have an extra column for testers to list themselves as a volunteer to be contactable to test specific hardware. Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin
Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 14:22 schrieb Pascal Bleser:
Joop Boonen wrote:
I forgot to ask something at the FOSDEM. I notice when i have a bug. That you (understandably) don't have the same hardware in the house.
So i was wondering if it might be interresting to have a database with all hardware of all beta testers in it. So you can ask an other beta tester to do a test.
That's a good idea. Well, just create a wiki page for it on the opensuse.org wiki ;)
Has anyone something to object ?
cheers
Sounds good to me, lets just have the URL then... ;-) As long as it doesn't turn into bragging rights of course :-O Dave -- "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
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