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== How to test? ==
== How to test? ==


High level details on how a contributor can get involved. This can include (but not limited to):
Boot latest Fedora 17 into KDE 4.8 Plasma Workspaces.
 
* Areas to target with exploratory testing
* A list of pre-defined test cases to execute
* How to report back results


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Revision as of 14:23, 6 April 2012

Fedora Test Days
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KDE Plasma Workspaces

Date 2012-04-10
Time all day

Website QA/Fedora_17_test_days
IRC #fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list test


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Can't make the date?
If you come to this page before or after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find at Bugzilla, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?

Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on KDE Plasma Workspaces

Who's available

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...

Prerequisite for Test Day

List any prerequisite needs for the test event. A fresh system, virtualized guest, a blank DVD ... a desire to break software?

  • Usb key
  • Usb externally connected HD IDE/SATA
  • Empty HD IDE/SATA/SCSI
  • Free space on HD

Here's a chunk which is commonly used for most Test Days. Replace XX with whatever Fedora release is pending (currently XX=17):

How to test?

Boot latest Fedora 17 into KDE 4.8 Plasma Workspaces.

Live image

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Verification
Please check the SHA256SUM is correct before booting!

You may download a non-destructive pre-Fedora 17 live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD.

Architecture SHA256SUM
[http:// x86_64] TBD
[http:// i386] TBD
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Updating Live system
Do not attempt to run yum update it may break your running Live system. RHBZ [#741594]

Using the live image is the easiest way to participate in testing for most people, but alternatively you can:

Update your machine to Fedora 17

If you are already running or want to try the pre-release of Fedora 17, install Fedora 17 Alpha and then update to the latest packages.

Test Cases

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Work in progress. Please come back on Tuesday

Here's a rough list of proposed test cases/areas:

Basic desktop usage:

Hardware integration:

  • Bluetooth applet (bluedevil)
  • Network Manager applet
  • Device Notifier applet (removable media: optical, USB, encrypted)
  • Volume applet (kmix)
  • Battery applet (automatic profile switching, brightness)

Essential apps:

  • kdepim
  • calligra
  • kde-telepathy
  • apper

Test Results

Construct a table or list to allow testers to post results. Each column should be a test case or configuration, and each row should consist of test results. Include some instructions on how to report bugs, and any special instructions. Here's an example, from a Palimpsest test day:

If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to Bugzilla usually for the component udisks, or gnome-disk-utility for bugs in the Palimpsest graphical front end itself. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the result template to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.

User Smolt Profile Sample test 1 Sample test 2 Sample test 3 Sample test 4 References
Sample User HW
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321
  2. RHBZ #12345