On 07-Feb-2011, at 3:37 PM, sankarshan wrote:
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Hiemanshu Sharma fedora@theindiangeek.in wrote:
We can have test days? Testing the nightly composes on different hardware. We can also help users become contributors, maybe a hackfest(or a session with Packaging, fixing bugs, etc)? I will also be present in the event and can help out with anything.
The hardware in the college computer labs are mostly standardized. Which perhaps runs counter to the expectation of being able to hit random issues.
I am talking about the laptops of the students and participants of the event. There is going to be a nice big variety there.
However, if someone can actually run a test day, showing how to follow tests, write tests and report results, it could be a good thing to coach.
This shouldn't be too hard to do, I'll take up this part, and test the different DEs (esp GNOME 3) and the other normal tests to be done. Would it be possible to get nightly builds downloaded a day before from someone in pune? (It will be a huge download since all spins will have to be downloaded to be tested)
The other nice thing to do is to figure out how to follow-up and keep in touch with the participants. For example, we seem to have a small bit of success at CoEP (I'm not holding my breath yet though :))
Well with anyone interested we have them make fas accounts, and keep a log of all fas accounts, and later send a follow up about a week after the event seeing if they need any more help or completed what ever they were working on.
Just my 2c.
Regards
-H