On 28 June 2012 15:45, 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'm in. But I am away from now pretty much until then end of August or so. So I will apply and make it more formal then. Schults
