On Thursday, March 31, 2011 00:37:11 Tony Su wrote:
Hello Andreas,
The proposal was created only after I heard that openSUSE expressed a need for expanding the pool of people willing to test software.
I probably put the cart before the horse if there isn't consensus on this need.
Looking just on the document you wrote together, I missed the context and what you want. It was too high level ;)
But, if openSUSE really does need more Users involved in the Development Cycle then based on my experience and in conversations with other openSUSE fans, then common issues typically involve
- Connecting Dev with Testers. In other words, somewhere a Dev has to be able to say "I've just written this bit of code which needs to be tested in a such and such way" and people who are willing to test have to know where to see it, be able to obtain the code and be able to test in a meaningful way. Does this all exist now somewhere I don't know(besides just throwing the code out there in Factory)?
This is possible via features.opensuse.org, fate has entries for that - but most developers are not doing that right now and therefore testers do not use it either. So, do we need other tools - or better documentation on how to do that?
- As is typically the case, besides experienced Testers, there are others who might be willing to do some testing. Is there a published guide introducing them to the world of testing? Is there a published guide stating what is expected from Testers?
This sounds usefull. I do not have details but suggest you talk with the testing team on this overall proposal on the opensuse-testing mailing list.
Also, for whomever actually manages overall development (Is that Holder Sickenberg?), has a profile been created that describes what is
Holger manages one Novell QA team and thus is active in openSUSE.
desired to do testing? Depending on management style, I can easily envision wanting to cull prospects... Sometimes no matter the enthusiasm some people just might not have the talent and be worthwhile to use for certain tasks.
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