On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:45:49 +0100 Claire Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all > > Some of you may be aware of the current shortage of contributors in > QA. Since the release of Mageia 2 our workload has doubled and we are > struggling to stay on top of it. > > I'd like to appeal to you all, if you can find some time, to consider > joining the QA team and helping to make Mageia! > > You don't have to be a guru to do useful QA so it is a good way for > people of all experience levels to contribute to the community. We > are all ages and from all over the world, united by a common cause. > > We have a documented procedure to follow and are more than willing to > offer some informal mentoring until you feel comfortable with what > you are doing. We have people of all abilities and it is a welcoming > and friendly, albeit small, team - so please don't be shy or think > your contribution would be meaningless. We need all the help we can > get! > > As you may know, the long rumoured backport medias will be opening > before too long (hopefully!) and it will be our job in QA to test > backported packages then, aswell as the regular updates. If you like > to test new stuff before it is released or like to learn about old > stuff you maybe never knew existed before then QA is definitely for > you. > > We want to ensure updates are processed in a timely fashion but our > backlog is growing longer at the moment instead of shorter. So > Please, if you would like to help, take a moment and read our wiki > pages. There is a wealth of information there. If you do decide to > join then please say Hi on the qa-discuss mailing list or on IRC, > we'd be very grateful and glad to see you! > > Wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team > IRC: #mageia-qa on irc.freenode.net > > We will be holding regular meetings now on the IRC channel on > Thursdays at 19UTC. You are more than welcome to come and join in. > > If you need any more info or guidance then please don't hesitate to > ask either on list or off. > > Hope to see you soon! > > Thanks > Claire (MrsB) > I will think about it, but at the moment I am too old (haven't started my countdown,) too heavy with the flu and too inclined to be abrasive. Doug.
