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The Ubuntu QA team is focused on developing tools, policies, and practices for ensuring Ubuntu's quality as a distribution as well as providing general advice, oversight, and leadership of QA activities within the Ubuntu project.

In general, QA in Ubuntu is divided into the following areas:

• Defect Management (Bug Triage)
• Quality Control (Update, Application, and Pre-Release Testing)
• Quality Assurance (Verification of Changes, Policy Compliance Review)
• Product Improvement (Development)

Contact

• Launchpad team

• Ubuntu QA mailing list

• #ubuntu-testing on irc.freenode.net

Meetings

The Ubuntu QA team has regular weekly meetings Wednesdays at 17:00 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net . See agenda and archive at /Meetings

Getting Involved

Ubuntu QA is mainly a coordination team, so individuals, not other teams, can be members. Additionally, memberships expire annually and can be renewed by members themselves. We heartily encourage people from all areas of QA to join our team.

If you like to join us, then:

• Please send an introductory email to the ubuntu-qa list introducing yourself, your previous QA work, and your plans for working in the team.

• Consider joining our Launchpad QA Team.

• Come to talk to us on the #ubuntu-testing channel on irc.freenode.net

• Join our team meetings in #ubuntu-meeting channel on Wednesdays, 17:00 GMT. Click here to read the details and agenda for the next meeting, as well as logs of previous meetings.

Current Activities

The main list of QA tasks is our Activities page, but if you're eager to start without wasting any moment, talk to the team about doing one of the tasks from the following list:

• QA Community tasks for Precise Pangolin release

What kinds of things does Ubuntu QA do?

• Coordinate between the various QA-related teams
• Build communities around QA work and help them run smoothly

• Provide lead-from-the-front leadership to Ubuntu's QA projects

• Assess and communicate Ubuntu's QA needs
• Develop tools and services needed in Ubuntu QA work
• Work on creating consistent and efficient QA-related policies
• whatever else comes up or people want to contribute

QA related teams