[Testing] [support-gang] Actions: OLPC QA Call with Sri Lanka's Professional Volunteers

Tue Mar 9 11:50:53 EST 2010

Adam,

It is great to hear that there is an organized team from Sri Lanka
contributing to the long-standing and valuable effort of Tabitha's New
Zealand based testing crew.  I do hope that at least a subset of this group
will be testing the Sinhala localization of the Sugar UI.

http://translate.sugarlabs.org/si/

There are just a few strings to polish off to bring Sinhala to 100%
completion in localization, but live testing by native speakers is a
critical quality control step for the localization.  In addition, there is a
need for the completed PO files to be committed by Sinhala language admins
(I've BCC'ed them on this message) so that they can be rolled out in a
Sinhala language pack.

As always the Sugar Labs  / OLPC Localization list

http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization

is the best place to ask any questions about localization issues.  I realize
that the it is important that this team focus their efforts on general
bug-hunting that will benefit all languages, but it seems to be too good an
opportunity to miss to also get feedback on the Sinhala localization.

cjl

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

>  This coming week will be critically important in getting Sri Lanka's 10
> "testing volunteers" from Virtusa Inc up to speed -- Please help them by:
>
>     * subscribing to http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
>     * fielding their questions live at http://forum.laptop.org/chat when
> they're all hard at Work Thru The Night
>     * interacting with them personally on testing at laptop.org
>
> Many Thanks for being very patient with them as English is not at all their
> first language, and they will definitely need
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ reminding etc :)
> --A!
>
>
>   Subject: [Testing] Actions: OLPC QA Call with Sri Lanka's Professional
> Volunteers  Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:56:17 -0500  From: Holt
> <holt at laptop.org> <holt at laptop.org>  To: Testing
> <testing at lists.laptop.org> <testing at lists.laptop.org>,
> olpc-nz at lists.laptop.org
> 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/<http://dev.laptop.org/%7Emartin/8.2.2-betas/>
>
> 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> <smparrish at gmail.com> will
> fine-tune)
>
>     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
>
> *    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 !)
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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!
>
> 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.orgor
> http://bugs.sugarlabs.org
>     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.
>
> *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.
>
> --
> Background Links/Prior Call:
> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/testing/2010-March/001111.html
>
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