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 * '''Launchpad Entry''': UbuntuSpec:qa-community-m-improve-iso-testing
 * '''Created''': 
 * '''Contributors''': apulido 
 * '''Packages affected''':

== Summary ==

ISO testing is an important activity, required by the release team to release Ubuntu's milestones.
Derivatives team need to be aware of this requirement and help testing their ISOs

== Release Note ==

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It is mandatory.

== Rationale ==

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== User stories ==

== Assumptions ==

== Design ==

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== Implementation ==

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=== UI Changes ===

Should cover changes required to the UI, or specific UI that is required to implement this

=== Code Changes ===

Code changes should include an overview of what needs to change, and in some cases even the specific details.

=== Migration ===

Include:
 * data migration, if any
 * redirects from old URLs to new ones, if any
 * how users will be pointed to the new way of doing things, if necessary.

== Test/Demo Plan ==

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This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.

== Unresolved issues ==

This should highlight any issues that should be addressed in further specifications, and not problems with the specification itself; since any specification with problems cannot be approved.

== BoF agenda and discussion ==

=== Agenda ===

 * Introduction to ISO testing
 * Infrastructure
  * The ISO tracker
  * Testcases wiki
  * Virtual Machines
 * Release process
  * Ubuntu
  * Derivatives
 * Documentation
 * Engaging the community
 
=== Discussion ===
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 * Introduction to ISO testing
 - At least it installs and upgrades
 - Identifying important bugs that need to be fixed before that milestone
 
 * Infrastructure
  * The ISO tracker
  * Testcases wiki
  * Virtual Machines
  * Testdrive
   * incrementally downloads iso's against a local cache (rsync/zsync)
   * pointy/clicky launch, Applications -> System Tools -> TestDrive an Ubuntu ISO
   * better GTK frontend coming for selecting non-default flavors
   * Testdrive does a poor job of being able to test ubuntu & kubuntu since they have the same filenames
  * ubuntu-qa-tools has a dl-ubuntu-test-iso
 * Release process
  * Ubuntu
  * Derivatives
 * Documentation
 * Engaging the community
 * No way to "Un-Start" a test once marked started (can be confusing to other testers when something prevents me from being able to complete a test I marked as started)

Problems:
 * Subscription system is bad for opportunistic
 * Lack of hardware
 * Images respin can be marked in the ISO tracker
 * Sometimes the respin is just a "test respin" and not the final candidate
 * Testers need to know what they are doing
 * No obvious communication path back to tester when questions arise (e.g. when a case is marked failed)
 * Problematic tests
  * VMWare
  * Wubi
  * LTSP

 
 
Improvements
 * ACTION: Test coverage needs fixing
 * ACTION: Optional testcases need to be in the report
 * ACTION: The default filter needs to be all/all
 * Statistics how many people tested an image
 * A user view
 * Announcing better respin
 * A better way to escalate important bugs to developers
  * A report sent to email
 * OpenID 
 
Derivatives
 * No documented process about supported flavours
 * No space available on cdimages, so no more flavors for now
 * Any support for unofficial derivatives?
 * We need to review those flavours
 * It is the responsibility of the specific teams to reach the requirements for release
 ACTION: Document the process
 ACTION: Communicate the process to current derivatives
 
Review of Generic & Optional Tests
 ACTION: ISO Testcase review session 
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