I have a netbook which i can use for this purpose. How can i help? Regards, Arnav Kalra 104, Sector 14 Karnal - 132001 Mobile - +91 9896961018 Home - +91 184 4030104
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Jiri Eischmann <[email protected]>wrote: > Arnav Kalra píše v Po 20. 08. 2012 v 22:28 +0530: > > Maybe we should release virtualbox/vmware images so that people can > > easily test fedora. Is fedora on Google plus? If yes then we can > > schedule events on Google plus and send invites. > > The problem is that many test days require testing on bare metal, > they're usually the most important ones (power management, graphics > drivers,...). But it might be useful for others. > Fedora is on G+, but I have no idea who is in charge of the account. > > Jiri > > > On Aug 20, 2012 8:21 PM, "Jiri Eischmann" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Robyn Bergeron píše v Pá 17. 08. 2012 v 12:13 -0700: > > > Hey, > > > > > > So, I was just hanging out in the weekly kernel meeting on > > IRC, and > > > asked how their virtual fad for kernel regression testing > > went, and > > > heard that they had incredibly low turnout, and it was also > > noted that > > > test days in general kind of have low or less than we'd like > > to have > > > turnout. Which seems like something we can help with, in a > > few ways: > > > > > > #1: Work with the QA team to help them figure out how to get > > information > > > to us so that we can get it out to various channels - > > twitter, facebook, > > > etc. - and what information we'd need and when. > > > > > > A lot of times, it seems like testing might sound > > daunting/"not for me" > > > when in reality, it might be easy or take 5 minutes or etc. > > So maybe > > > things we could ask for would be... > > > > > > * How long does this take? > > > * Is this "easy", "hard," ... what skills do you need? > > > * Is this a "you just need a USB key and a way to download" > > or is this > > > potentially going to destroy your system? > > > > > > For the kernel regression virtual fad - which wasn't really > > a test day - > > > as an example, it's (a) got the word "kernel" in it, which I > > think > > > automatically makes a lot of people say "uhoh, not for me," > > even though > > > there may have been ways for them to participate. > > > > > > Anyway: it seems like something we could add value to - just > > with > > > something like, "Send us your info a week in advance, we'll > > work up some > > > tweets or content and help drive folks back to you." > > > > > > #2: See if there are additional things we could produce that > > can help > > > people get acquainted with the idea or process of testing. > > > > > > Maybe a video how-to? Not really sure here what would be > > valuable - > > > would be something to reach out to the QA folks about. > > > > > > #3: Josh Boyer added in the kernel meeting that it would be > > cool to just > > > have a "Boot the rawhide kernel today. Does it work? Tell us > > why or why > > > not" type of thing - I don' tknow if that would be targeted > > as a once a > > > week type thing, or what. Maybe this would be an interesting > > thing to > > > tackle - how can we help them make this sound less > > daunting/more > > > friendly, get the word out, and have fun with it? Maybe a > > quick > > > screencast of how to walk through this type of thing from > > start to finish? > > > > > > Thoughts, comments? Anyone willing to reach out to either QA > > or the > > > kernel folks to pick their brains on this one? > > > > I've been thinking about how to improve test days promotion > > for some > > time. A few thoughts: > > > > If we want to have more people testing Fedora we need to have > > appropriate infrastructure first. Frankly, wiki is not > > scalable for > > receiving test results. It's OK if you have 10-15 participants > > throughout the day, but it's PIA if you have more. There were > > about 40 > > people participating in the power management test day and they > > had > > serious problems to submit results (conflicts all the time). > > Not > > mentioned that for some people, editing wiki is not very > > friendly. I > > spoke about this with the QA guys so much that they started > > working on > > some submitting system, but it's just at the beginning and > > doesn't have > > a high priority for them. > > > > Real (not online) events might be worth exploring. We did it > > for the F17 > > power management test day during our office's open house. It > > was by far > > the most attended test day and people were enjoying testing > > Fedora > > together and with people that have the best insight in to the > > area (our > > power management engineers in this case). > > > > We have to talk about them more. People that represent Fedora > > should > > blog about it, talk about it at conferences, post > > announcements at > > national community sites etc. If I and Jaroslav Reznik attend > > a general > > Linux conference in our region we propose a talk "How To > > Contribute to > > Fedora Project" and it's mostly about test days because > > testing is an > > entry level contribution everyone can do. We go through test > > cases with > > people and show them it's actually quite easy to take part in > > test days. > > And we tell them that testing prior to the final release is > > very > > important. > > > > Red Hat opened an intern position in Brno office for someone > > who would > > coordinate test days promotion. Unfortunately, they haven't > > yet found a > > good fit, a student who is a Fedora enthusiast and interested > > in > > testing. > > > > Jiri > > > > > > -- > > marketing mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > > > -- > marketing mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >
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