Can you clarify when verification of uplifted bugs will occur? Ideally that'll still happen per-build.
On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 9:39 AM Tracy Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > What are we doing? > QA will execute week long test runs, focused on test importance, rather > than execute test runs per Beta build, that were based on feature priority. > > Why? > We want to ensure that our most critical tests, for every feature of > Firefox, are executed earlier in the Beta cycle. > > How? > In preparation for this change. the QA team has triaged our tests, and > reconfigured them by test type. The team analyzed what testing workload can > be handled in each week of a Beta cycle and then developed a schedule to > accommodate the new process for stable feature functional testing, new > feature testing and any additional required testing. > > When? > As of Fx120 Beta cycle, week of Oct 23rd, we will use this scheduling > template > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14OKHigNdKVOVmD1ZKLtqPXMlGWiw6jFQR03MfKsP2ow/edit#gid=1613730342>. > In practice, Fx 120 Beta cycle schedule > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14OKHigNdKVOVmD1ZKLtqPXMlGWiw6jFQR03MfKsP2ow/edit#gid=2064814542>. > Note that dots indicate testing in progress and filled in squares indicate > intended report day. > > What to expect: > > - QA will no longer be “signing-off” on individual Beta builds, with > the exception of Beta 1. Instead we will send functional testing report > summaries each Friday of weeks 1-3. > - Smoke testing of the entire browser will occur during week 1 of Beta. > - Broader functional testing will progress through weeks 2 and 3 of > the Beta cycle, during which, QA will use each new beta build as it becomes > available. > - Bugs will be reported when discovered and any high impact bugs found > will be escalated immediately. > - We will continue to send test reports specific to new feature > testing as well as other planned testing efforts. > - Testing and reporting during RC week remains largely unchanged. > - We will no longer send the “Bugs logged by Desktop QA in the last > week” email report, as that information will be folded into the end of week > reports. > > Please direct any questions or concerns to me, here or on Slack (@tracy) > Thank you, > Tracy Walker > Desktop QA Technical Lead. > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/CAPebk9dnNXooJDvk02RpYGSukK0%2BZoSNCjMAapnvx5BnoxstFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
