[Testing] Closing Test in Release and QA Sign off bugs

[Kimberley Quirk]

Please proceed with 765 -- All engines full speed ahead!

We are continuing towards the formal release.

Regards,
Kim

On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Mel Chua wrote:

> Slight change: after talking with Frances on IRC, it makes more  
> sense for me to do testing wiki cleanup work now, then come in after  
> dinner and flash XOs with $LatestReleaseCandidate then. Michael, Ed  
> - I'll use 765 unless:
>
> * I see an announcement to techteam/devel that 766+ is out, or
> * You tell me otherwise
>
> (Good luck getting 766+ out!)
>
> Joe, let me know if there is anything I should do/not-do/avoid/etc  
> in order to prevent from getting in the way of your tests. I won't  
> be touching any of your 3 testbeds (bookshelf by Adam's office,  
> table by Wad's office, table behind Paul's desk) for this - I'm  
> using the 20 Kim and Richard gave me, and I'll be very clear to the  
> volunteers who come in that your testbeds are Not For Touching  
> (we'll be in a non-garden room in any case) so I don't think  
> there'll be a problem. Please ping me on IRC or email if there's  
> anything specific we need to talk about.
>
> Everyone - I'll be on IRC (Freenode, #olpc, mchua) all evening  
> except for when I'm on public transit or consuming food, at which  
> point I can be reached with my cell phone at 847.970.8484.
>
> -Mel
>
> Joseph A. Feinstein wrote:
>> Mel,
>>
>> Please check with me FIRST - I'm in the office.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>> -----------
>> At 04:04 PM 9/26/2008, Mel Chua wrote:
>>> Oh. Maybe I shouldn't flash all the XOs with 765 tonight, then...  
>>> I'm en route to the office now, and will check in with Ed and  
>>> Michael first, but unless I hear otherwise from someone I'll  
>>> install the latest candidate that's out when my train gets to  
>>> Kendall.
>>>
>>> PS: Any objections to me lining the edge of the Patmos with  
>>> testing XOs for Saturday and Sunday? There's not much choice for  
>>> space to do this in.
>>>
>>> Kimberley Quirk wrote:
>>>> The only issue I see is that 765 is probably not the final  
>>>> release and we are going to need to 'cram' test the final release  
>>>> more than spending a lot of time with 765.
>>>>
>>>> Copying Ed and Michael on this as well as they will help figure  
>>>> out what release is our final one and they need to know that you  
>>>> (and others) are geared up to test... we just need to know what  
>>>> to test!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Mel,
>>>> Kim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 26, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Mel Chua wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> (Joe, please feel free to trump me on this - I'll keep plugging  
>>>>> on this unless somebody tells me otherwise.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg, by Monday at 11 I can get you and the testing list a  
>>>>> breakdown of the bugs in report 28 sorted by the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Verified as closed - celebrate!
>>>>> 2) Verified as not-closed (reopened), add to release notes
>>>>> 3) We have no idea (probably treat the same as #2) - I hope this  
>>>>> list will be empty.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plan for producing that email: (please revise/suggest as needed,  
>>>>> partial strawman)
>>>>>
>>>>> * I've been writing test cases and procedures in the last few  
>>>>> days for everything in report 33; I'll expand that to include  
>>>>> the tickets in 28, which is a superset of 33.
>>>>>
>>>>> * You'll see me back at 1cc this afternoon installing 765 on the  
>>>>> 20 XOs we got from Richard. I'm going to use those as the in-1cc  
>>>>> 8.2.0 blockers test pool since our other testbeds are being used  
>>>>> for connectivity tests (I think- Joe?) that require all 30 XOs  
>>>>> running full-tilt on that.
>>>>>
>>>>> * This weekend: running tests. And running tests. And running  
>>>>> tests. And - this is why I've spent so long on how-to-test  
>>>>> tutorials and test cases - getting the visiting volunteers  
>>>>> (+whoever I can pull in over IRC) on Saturday (MassXO comes in  
>>>>> Sat. morning) and Sunday (support-gang) to run tests. I've been  
>>>>> trying to build our capacity to run a lot of tests in parallel,  
>>>>> and the bottleneck (imo) was people with XOs who were able to,  
>>>>> with the given instructions, run all these tests. I hope I've  
>>>>> fixed the "with the given instructions" part. You'll see this  
>>>>> when I revise the [[Testing]] page later tonight.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Monday morning: Sit down and write up those 3 lists for Greg.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does this sound?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Mel
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg Smith wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Mel, Joe and team,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am writing the 8.2 release notes and I see a number of bugs  
>>>>>> which are marked Test In Release, Test in Build or QA Signoff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If they really are fixed then I don't need to document them.  
>>>>>> However, if they fail final test then I should document them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe the relevant list is at:
>>>>>> http://dev.laptop.org/report/28
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you give me an ETA when you think you can have all of those  
>>>>>> verified or sent back for more work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For now I will assume that they are fixed and I will not  
>>>>>> document them. If you find one that is not fixed, please cc me  
>>>>>> on the bug or let me know and I will add it to the release  
>>>>>> notes later.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greg S
>>>
>>
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