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= Fedora Quality Assurance = | |||
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== | == Activities == | ||
The Quality Assurance project is engaged in the following activities: | |||
* [[Testing]] of software as it is released into Rawhide, updates-testing, or as it appears in a supported public release. | |||
* Developing and executing [[QA/TestPlans]] to test important functionality in a systematic way, usually with multiple cooperating testers. | |||
* Developing and run [[QA/Tools]], which use automation to find potential bugs. | |||
Other quality-related activities are handled elsewhere: | |||
* [[BugZappers]] handle bug triage - they examine bugs reported by other people and resolve duplicates, incomplete reports, etc. BugZappers share the fedora-test-list mailing list with the QA Project. | |||
* [[PackageMaintainers]] fix bugs identified by the QA Project, with the help of upstream authors and patches proposed by testers. | |||
See the [[Testing]] page for setup information on the Rawhide and updates-testing repositories. | |||
See the [[BugsAndFeatureRequests]] for information on how to file bugs effectively. | |||
== Communicate == | == Communicate == | ||
QA Project meetings are held '''Wednesdays''' at '''1600 UTC''' in the shared Fedora [[meeting channel]] on IRC. The Meetings are open for everyone to attend and participate in. Meeting | |||
The Meetings are open for everyone to attend and participate in. | |||
General info on QA meetings such as topics for next meeting along with previous meetings can be found [[ QA/Meetings | General info on QA meetings, such as topics for next meeting along with previous meetings can be found at: [[QA/Meetings]] | ||
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-meetings Attend QA meeting] on IRC | * [irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-meetings Attend QA meeting] on IRC | ||
Revision as of 09:08, 9 February 2009
Fedora Quality Assurance
Activities
The Quality Assurance project is engaged in the following activities:
- Testing of software as it is released into Rawhide, updates-testing, or as it appears in a supported public release.
- Developing and executing QA/TestPlans to test important functionality in a systematic way, usually with multiple cooperating testers.
- Developing and run QA/Tools, which use automation to find potential bugs.
Other quality-related activities are handled elsewhere:
- BugZappers handle bug triage - they examine bugs reported by other people and resolve duplicates, incomplete reports, etc. BugZappers share the fedora-test-list mailing list with the QA Project.
- PackageMaintainers fix bugs identified by the QA Project, with the help of upstream authors and patches proposed by testers.
See the Testing page for setup information on the Rawhide and updates-testing repositories.
See the BugsAndFeatureRequests for information on how to file bugs effectively.
Communicate
QA Project meetings are held Wednesdays at 1600 UTC in the shared Fedora meeting channel on IRC. The Meetings are open for everyone to attend and participate in. Meeting
General info on QA meetings, such as topics for next meeting along with previous meetings can be found at: QA/Meetings
Get Involved
The QA team would like to thank you for taking your time to reading about the QA project.