[olpc-nz] Actions: OLPC QA Call with Sri Lanka's Professional Volunteers

Tue Mar 16 01:39:20 EDT 2010

/Testers: read Tuesday's 00:01am EDT call summarized Inline Below -- 
grand summary including new build announcements!/

High-Level Status: our Sri Lankan testing team is now getting started 
after solid basic training this past week, familiarizing themselves with 
wikis, bug trackers, the difference between XO-1 and XO-1.5 and their 
builds etc -- and now reading 
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines .  The great 
news is they will also be testing the 6 XO-1's and 6 XO-1.5's with their 
own children at home, with 13 USB-to-Ethernet adapters now in Virtusa's 
hands.  Their Assignment: James and Holt of OLPC request much more live 
questioning (don't be shy!!) this coming week, as reflashing and testing 
begin in earnest, asking in both these places here:

    testing at lists.laptop.org
    http://laptop.org/chat   (#olpc-help, and possibly later at #olpc-test)

>>  3 great explanatory links inlined below-- thanks to James Cameron.
>>
>>>  Thanks all for a very productive 1hr phone call -- Actions going 
>>> forward:
>>>
>>> 1. Sri Lankan team will clean-install ("reflash") these builds on 
>>> their 12 XO laptops:
>>>
>>>     *3 XO-1's will install:*
>>>     http://dev.laptop.org/~martin/8.2.2-betas/

Please test 802B4 announced here:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/testing/2010-March/001134.html
Apply for Developer Keys for all XO-1's ASAP to prepare:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys
Study these very brief Activity descriptions to help your Activity testing:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/G1G1/

>>>     
>>> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2009-December/thread.html#26750
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_update
>>>
>>>     *3 XO-1's will install:*
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1
>>>     (Steven Parrish <smparrish at gmail.com> will fine-tune)
>
> Subject: 	Re: Professional Testing of F11-XO-1
> Date: 	Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:00:32 -0500
> From: 	Steven M. Parrish <smparrish at gmail.com>
>
> Good news we got the final issues resolved.  You can find a new build for the 
> XO-1 here.  http://people.sugarlabs.org/~smparrish/
>
> You need to place the os12.crc and os12.img files on a USB stick.  You will 
> need unlocked XO's to use these builds.  Go into OFW and at the OK prompt 
> issue the following command.  copy-nand u:\os12.img   when the copy is 
> completed just reboot and you will be running the new image.
>
> Any questions just ask.  I am usually hanging out in #sugar
>
> Steven

Keep testing os12 exactly as Steven says!

>>>     *6 XO-1.5's (2 C1's + 4 C2's)* will install os111:
>>>     http://build.laptop.org/10.2.0/
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5

Please test Build 113 announced here:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-March/027788.html
XO-1.5's should not require Developer Keys as XO-1's above.
Study these very brief Activity descriptions to help your Activity testing:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/G1G1/10.2

>>> /    Check for the latest build at the above sites, or ask at 
>>> http://forum.laptop.org/chat !
>>>
>>> /    USB memory sticks will be necessary but Developer Keys 
>>> hopefully won't:
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys/
>>> /
>>> 2. Sri Lankan teams members should each, on their first day:
>>>
>>>     a) subscribe to testing at lists.laptop.org and please introduce 
>>> yourself if possible:
>>>     http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
>>>     b) create accounts on http://dev.laptop.org and 
>>> http://bug.sugarlabs.org
>>>     c) create separate Gmail or Yahoo email accounts if you want to 
>>> protect your privacy above, use a Nickname so you're not shy about 
>>> participating!
>>>     d) register at http://wiki.laptop.org and edit a Wiki page like: 
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Tabitha
>>>     e) say hello and ask 1 serious question daily over Live Chat 
>>> (IRC) at: http://forum.laptop.org/chat (never hesitate to ask -- 
>>> freenode's #olpc-help is designed for this !)
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Communication_channels
>>
>>> 3. Sri Lankan team members should spend 1 day in their 1st week 
>>> thinking about being a kid (or teacher in a very poor country) 
>>> playing around with:
>>>
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/1_hour_smoke_test
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Smoke_test
>>
>>> 4. Sri Lankan team will work with Tabitha/NZ/Aussies to edit/publish 
>>> Test Cases they believe will help Kids & Teachers, of the form:
>>>
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_cases_8.2.0
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_cases_8.2.1
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_cases_8.2.2
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1#How_to_help_test
>>>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_cases_10.2.0

James Cameron is working on fixing/prepopulating above links, which may 
take a day or so -- check back then!

>>> 4. Tabitha will explain How To Write a "TRAC" bug/report on 
>>> http://dev.laptop.org or http://bugs.sugarlabs.org :
>>>
>>>     a) XO-type
>>>     b) Build number
>>>     c) status/topology of network:
>>>     Ad Hoc/Mesh/Config/Topology -- lots of network testing possible 
>>> on XO-1 w/o WAP ("create a new wireless network" on XO-1.5)
>>>     BenS observes: wireless testing often not reproducible But 
>>> That's OK!

Tabitha has now provided this:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_testing_template#The_NZ_activity_test

>>> 5. Ben Schwartz will help Tabitha's written guide / TRAC-filing 
>>> template, providing tips to:
>>>
>>>     a) enable logging
>>>     b) collect logfile, attach to "TRAC" ticket at 
>>> http://dev.laptop.org or http://bugs.sugarlabs.org
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Attaching_Sugar_logs_to_tickets
>>
>>>     c) take a screen shot, annotate it?
>>>
>>> 6. James Cameron will guide advanced testing around XO-1.5 operating 
>>> system and hardware, at http://dev.laptop.org/report/42 for details 
>>> of tickets waiting for testing, work with developers through the 
>>> ticket or devel at laptop.org mailing list: 
>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
>>>
>>> 7. Holt will SHIP 12 USB-to-Ethernet dongles from Boston to Sri Lanka.

Done!
http://track.dhl-usa.com/TrackByNbr.asp?ShipmentNumber=7369061744

>>>
>>> */8. Sri Lankans & New Zealanders will compete reporting their work 
>>> (publish whatever clean pages you feel help, off of 
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Testing or 
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Friends_in_testing)
>>>     Profusely Thanks to Both!!/*
>>>
>>> 9. Follow-up call may be 1hr earlier on TUESDAY March 16, to 
>>> preserve Midnight (12:01am) meeting start after US time change.

See you on the call in a week: TUES March 22!

>>> --
>>> Background Links/Prior Call:
>>> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/testing/2010-March/001111.html
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