On Friday 13 April 2012 14:28:55 Jonathan Lange wrote: > Hello, > > The documentation on submitting a patch to Launchpad[1] is incomplete. > I've been told by Steven K that contributors are expected to "QA" > their own patch, but that's not listed in the process, and I couldn't > find a description of how to QA on the wiki page. > > Further, I was told by someone on IRC that I had to create & link a > bug report so the QA system would work. > > I found the QA process docs[2], but they aren't exactly targeted at > the casual contributor. I would be grateful if someone who understands > the process and the intent behind it would write a document aimed at > folks like these. > > I have updated the PatchSubmission page, adding instructions to > _always_ link a bug and to do QA. I haven't been able to be clear on > what "doing QA" is though. I am personally unclear on how to tell when > something is ready to QA, and on how to flag the bug when the change > doesn't work as expected but doesn't introduce any significant > problems. > > Also, at the risk of derailing this thread, I don't understand why > contributors are trusted to do their own QA but not trusted to do > their own code review.
I do not think casual contributors should be doing their own QA unless they actually want to do it, or if it's a complex change that requires special knowledge. *cough* soyuz *cough* QA can be a very painful part of the process in developing for LP and we should be helping contributors, not alienating them. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
