20080528

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=== ubottu changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: Calendar: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/event | Logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/ | 28 May 21:00 UTC: Server Team | 29 May 01:00 UTC: Americas Ubuntu Membership Approval Board | 29 May 13:00 UTC: Desktop Team | 30 May 12:00 UTC: MOTU | 31 May 12:30 UTC: Forum Council | 04 Jun 16:00 UTC: LoCo Council
* lukehasnoname says hi
19:58   pedro_  ahoj!
* ogasawara_ waves
* cgregan waves back
20:00   heno    hey!
20:00   davmor2 Good evening everybody :)
* stgraber waves
20:01   bdmurray        hi
* heno tries the bot
20:02   heno    #startmeeting
20:02   mgunes  hi all
20:02   davmor2 no bot :(
20:02   sbeattie        hey
20:03   heno    hope everyone who was at UDS made it home ok
20:03   Seeker` broken bot - sorry, I've got exams at the moment, i'll fix it when they are over
20:03   mgunes  I'm fine, except the UbuFlu :)
20:03   heno    Seeker`: thanks, no worries
20:03   pedro_  I'm just with a bit of Ubuflu ;-)
20:03   bdmurray        +1
20:04   cgregan I must be lucky...no Flubuntu here
20:04   stgraber        Ubuflu is over for me :) but I was only in Prague for a few days
* heno is UbuFluFree :)
20:04   cgregan I even shared a plane with MattZ
20:04   davmor2 I'm not :D
* pedro_ spreading lysol
20:04   lukehasnoname   What meeting is starting?
20:04   stgraber        lukehasnoname: QA team
20:04   lukehasnoname   ooo!
20:04   sbeattie        I'm finally recovering from the Prague Plague...
20:04   heno    cgregan: heh, you finally met Matt on the plane home? :)
20:05   lukehasnoname   This isn't on the calender
20:05   cgregan heno: yes...kept my distance though ;-0
20:05   lukehasnoname   or is it
20:05   mgunes  lukehasnoname, it's secret, don't tell anyone :p
20:05   lukehasnoname   @schedule
20:05   ubottu  lukehasnoname: Schedule for Etc/UTC: 28 May 21:00: Server Team | 29 May 01:00: Americas Ubuntu Membership Approval Board | 29 May 13:00: Desktop Team | 30 May 12:00: MOTU | 31 May 12:30:  Forum Council | 04 Jun 16:00: LoCo Council
20:06   heno    jcastro: you know your way around the Fridge right? Could you look at getting the QA team meeting added on a rolling basis?
20:06   lukehasnoname   So the first step to being an "Ubuntero" / contributor is universe/multiverse package management?
20:07   heno    I seem to remember the calendar needed hand-cranking each month or something
20:07   jcastro heno: I'll look into it
20:07   heno    jcastro: thanks!
20:07   jcastro I /think/ they need to be added manually
20:07   heno    ok, let's start
20:07   heno    topic: Intrepid QA schedule
20:07   heno    please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/IntrepidSchedule and raise any objections
20:08   heno    thanks bdmurray for updating it for Intrepid
20:08   pedro_  looks fine to me
20:08   bdmurray        There is still some filing in to do of the focus
20:09   pedro_  the developer sprint will be between the 14 and 18 of July, right?
20:09   lukehasnoname   1)What is SRU verification?
20:09   lukehasnoname   briefly. I know I'm new, and I don't want to take too much time
20:09   davmor2 Looks good
20:09   heno    we should have a point for test case review
20:10   stgraber        lukehasnoname: Stable Release Update verification
20:10   bdmurray        lukehasnoname: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
20:10   heno    1-2 weeks before Beta IMObefore Beta
20:10   cgregan heno: I agree.
20:10   bdmurray        week 20?
20:10   bdmurray        so they get reviewed with Alpha 6?
20:11   heno    sure, ~September 18th seems good
20:11   bdmurray        or 21 after UI freeze?
20:11   heno    after UI freeze, before beta some time
20:12   heno    we should perhaps allow a week for that process
20:12   bdmurray        I updated week 21 w/ test case review
20:12   heno    Alpha 6 is a good time to confirm that its A-ok
20:12   heno    thanks
20:13   heno    that's all I can see for now
20:13   heno    please raise further feedback on the qa list or at next weeks meeting
20:13   heno    topic: Intrepid QA specifications
20:14   heno    we should update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs for Intrepid
20:15   heno    deadline is June 5th but allow some time for review
20:15   heno    so we should try to get specs in place by Tuesday in the Review state
20:16   mgunes  do we have a list of prospective spec titles/stubs?
20:16   heno    topics from here http://people.ubuntu.com/~scott/uds-intrepid/ don't all map well to specs
20:16   mgunes  indeed
20:16   heno    mgunes: right, so some rejigging will be required
20:17   heno    I'll start updating the spec wiki page with my take on that, but please also add specs you are leading / involved in
20:17   heno    some can be recycles from last cycle
20:18   stgraber        I'll be quite busy with exams next week so I'd really appreciate anyone helping me spec the QA-Website, QA-Portal, Package website and Brainstorm specs. I'm not sure of the status of the QA-Tracker spec at the moment
20:18   heno    like the desktop testing one
20:18   stgraber        QA-Website, QA-Portal and QA-Tracker need a spec, not sure about the two others (Brainstorm and app website)
20:19   heno    stgraber: I can help with the QA specs
20:19   mgunes  stgraber, I can probably help if you share all your local UDS Gobby sessions that I couldn't save :)
20:19   heno    jcastro: I assume you'll keep in touch with stgraber and nand Re the brainstorm stuff
20:19   jcastro heno: yep I was just writing the mail in fact
20:20   heno    ah, yes, please help fill the gaps of lost gobby docs generally!
20:20   heno    jcastro: cool!
20:20   heno    so at next weeks meeting we'll focus on getting the specs wrapped up
20:21   mgunes  I'm hoping to implement a "tester weather report" that I talked briefly about at UDS; will add to the specs page once I have a rough spec + some initial feedback
20:21   stgraber        mgunes: the gobby session for Brainstorm and AppWebsite are on the wiki, not sure about the QA-Portal one (I may still have it somewhere here)
20:21   heno    (I'm also emailing and phoning various people about this this week)
20:21   lukehasnoname   how many of you actually went to UDS?
20:21   bdmurray        lukehasnoname: probably all the ones talking
20:21   lukehasnoname   o_o
20:22   lukehasnoname   I'm alone in my absence
20:22   heno    we had a good QA showing indeed
20:22   mgunes  stgraber, I'd appreciate qa-portal one if you can find it
20:23   davmor2 lukehasnoname: your not I wasn't there either :(
20:23   heno    any more questions about spec writing?
20:23   stgraber        mgunes: I can't find it on gobby, the wiki or my hdd but I think I emailed it to cr3 so I should find it in my sent mails :)
20:23   sbeattie        mgunes, stgraber: I might have it
20:24   heno    topic: Promoting and tracking the use of proposed
20:24   mgunes  stgraber, sbeattie, if you do, please forward to me or ping me (and let's use a standard namespace on gobby.ubuntu.com next time)
20:24   stgraber        sbeattie: cool, mine is pre-UDS so I only have the bits discussed at FOSSCamp :(
20:24   pedro_  yay for proposed packages
20:24   sbeattie        that was the extending-qa.ubuntu.com session, right?
20:24   heno    please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
20:24   stgraber        mgunes: I put the one I have in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/FossCamp/
20:24   stgraber        sbeattie: yes
20:24   pedro_  i should blog about that...
20:25   mgunes  stgraber, thanks
20:25   sbeattie        stgraber: yeah, I have it, I'll email.
20:25   heno    note that my test of Apport failed - does anyone know more about that?
20:25   bdmurray        heno: its /etc/default/apport now
20:25   lukehasnoname   hardy proposed is for the point release?
20:25   stgraber        heno: what failed ? did you see the point I added to your instructions ?
20:25   heno    If a restart is required I should add that to the page
20:26   stgraber        modifying /etc/default/apport and running /etc/init.d/apport restart should start it
20:26   pedro_  an apport restart should do the trick
20:26   pedro_  right
20:26   heno    stgraber, bdmurray: I did that
20:27   heno    ah! we need to add the /etc/init.d/apport step
20:27   davmor2 heno: I just ran the commands and nothing happens
20:27   bdmurray        heno: how did you get the smaller picture, it's not obvious to me at the moment
20:28   heno    ok, it works now. I'll update the instructions
20:28   heno    bdmurray: the thumbnai? resize in gimp :)
20:28   heno    thumbnail even
20:28   bdmurray        ah, I thought it was some wiki magic
20:29   stgraber        bdmurray: would be too easy :)
20:29   davmor2 bdmurray: no just a lot of time in the gimp and a line of text a mile long ;)
20:30   davmor2 guys I still can't get apport to run :(
20:30   lukehasnoname   its legs are tired
20:30   heno    what do people think of tracking -proposed usage in this way? See: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/proposed-tracking/+bugs
20:31   heno    If we agree that it's sane I'll blog about it later
20:31   heno    mgunes: could you echo that in a forum thread as well?
20:32   stgraber        looks good to me
20:32   mgunes  heno, will do if we decide to go on with it
20:32   heno    mgunes: I actually stole your idea of using a forum sticky with me too comments
20:32   bdmurray        Did we have some discussion about tagging proposed package crashes somehow?  If so that should be in those two bug reports.
20:32   davmor2 Looks good but I don't seem to be able to enable apport still :(
20:33   heno    but I though LP would be good because testers really should have an LP account and have uploaded a HW profile
20:33   mgunes  heno, cool; improvised solutions can work better than elaborate ones :)
20:34   heno    bdmurray: perhaps we should also link to bug filing guidelines
20:34   mgunes  heno, but what would be the "more automated solution" mentioned at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed ?
20:34   heno    mgunes: we discussed at UDS to use popcon to collect the info
20:34   heno    (opt-in obviously)
20:35   heno    but we'll look closer at that post hardy.1
20:35   mgunes  ah, ok, I remember
20:35   heno    sbeattie has looked at the code a bit
20:36   heno    ok, we seem agreed. I'll go ahead with that
20:36   heno    please help seed the bugs with your registrations!
20:37   heno    bdmurray: will you add the tag and bug filing doc links to the bug descriptions?
20:37   heno    bdmurray: use whatever tag convention you feel is appropriate
20:37   bdmurray        heno: sure
20:37   heno    thanks
20:38   heno    topic: Can people check out the files under [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Includes please? -- davmor2
20:38   mgunes  heno, there's yet no way to query one's own uploaded hardware info (or whether it's uploaded at all) in LP right?
20:38   heno    mgunes: you have to check the non-published URL
20:38   lukehasnoname   Guys, quick question: Hypothetically, if someone designed a website for Ubuntu that had a system integrating bug tracking, error reporting, wiki, brainstorm, member information, etc., do you think Ubuntu would ipliment it?
20:38   heno    on the form https://launchpad.net/~<launchpad-id>/+hwdb-submissions
20:39   davmor2 mgunes: probably not but if your a tester then you can always add your HW spec to your tracker account and that can
20:39   lukehasnoname   *implement, I'm smarter than I spell
20:39   pedro_  isn't the last test on the Tomboy page a bit generic?
20:39   heno    lukehasnoname: why would you want to reimplement that?
20:40   mgunes  heno, found it right after asking, thanks :)
20:40   pedro_  i mean, that's the goal for almost all the UI applications
20:41   davmor2 cool :)
20:41   lukehasnoname   I admit I am no expert at navigating the different sites. Perhaps it is my ignorance. However, it seems that the layout and the ways in which things are done are thrown together
20:41   heno    writing test cases can be hard because you run out of new things to test after a while -- I'm sure additions are welcome :)
20:42   lukehasnoname   If there were a more structured, planned setup, things might be more navigable / easier to maintain
20:42   heno    I know, I've written some and you find yourself stumped for coming up with interesting ways to test even the simplest applications
20:43   sbeattie        davmor2: cgregan has some stuff on the wiki about testing mobile apps, might be able to steal specific tests from that.
20:43   lukehasnoname   Now that Ubuntu is becoming larger in the community, it is not so hard to make a plan on a professional, deliberate web environment.
20:43   heno    sbeattie: he and davmor2 have actually worked together on those :)
20:43   davmor2 sbeattie: I been working on them with him :)
20:44   lukehasnoname   If I'm hijacking the meeting, I'll stop, I'll just draw up specs myself and see where things go. thanks for bouncing my ideas.
20:44   heno    I think the new test case structure and layout generally rocks!
20:44   heno    though a bit more detail would help in many cases
20:45   heno    pedro_: could you do a review of the desktop cases and add some more steps?
20:45   pedro_  heno: sure, will do it
20:45   heno    thanks
20:45   pedro_  np :-)
20:46   heno    ok, any other topics?
20:46   lukehasnoname   Now how do I contribute to testing?
20:46   davmor2 I feel a 3
20:47   lukehasnoname   er, register for it?
20:47   heno    lukehasnoname: what kind of testing?
20:47   heno    Hardy updates, ISO testing, or mobile perhaps? :)
20:48   heno    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing is a good place to start reading
20:48   lukehasnoname   in the testing cases for install and desktop
20:48   cgregan For mobile: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases/UMEdesktop
20:49   heno    lukehasnoname: that's install, so you'll need to register at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/
20:49   lukehasnoname   Let me clarify: Are those for people to test their own software for their own sake, or for testers to verify and report back to Ubuntu QA?
20:49   heno    we actually have proper test tracking for that :)
20:50   heno    to report back that the updated/installed packages work as expected
20:50   heno    looks like we are done with meeting
20:50   heno    thanks everyone!
20:50   stgraber        thanks
20:50   pedro_  thanks you
20:50   lukehasnoname   Every Wednesday at this time?
20:51   sbeattie        thanks
20:51   mgunes  thanks, see you all
20:51   davmor2 yay got apport working :)
20:51   jcastro take care guys!

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