On 1/31/13, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: >> i have found this intro modules lacking of instructional steps to take >> in order to start working. althought it does compile a good list of >> activities to get started, it just concludes to links where a new user >> would be lost or simply ignore. >> > > It ends with the new volunteer subscribed to the list and with a BZ > account. At that point they can see what activities we're doing and > join in. Since QA does different things at different times in the > release cycle, it is hard to have this relatively static page tell > then what to do specifically. We might be testing a Release Candidate > when they start, or (like now) be relatively early in the cycle and > confirming older defect reports, or we could be writing new test > cases, etc. > >> IMO a sandbox tutorial should be added to allow user to understand the >> cycle of an issue. >> > > Under "Bug handling" we do have a link to this page: > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Issue_lifecycle > > Is there something better we should link to? (Or write new?)
again I think a sandbox would be more proactive than passive reading and gives the new volunteeer to experience our system. i like what was done with testlink, for example. and usually screenshots of the system help understand where is the options cally located on the screen. > > -Rob > > >> On 1/31/13, Ji Yan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Javier, >>> >>> Welcome on board. We appreciate your contribution to our project. >>> Here >>> is QA introduction page in wiki, for your deference. >>> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-qa.html >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Javier LoRa >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> OpenOfficeQA Volunteers: Hello. My name is Javier López Ramos and I'm >>>> student of Information technology and communication in the >>>> Technological >>>> University of the Riviera Maya and I want to be a QA volunteer for my >>>> professional practices. I'd love to be part of your dedicated QA mail >>>> list. >>>> I'm waiting for your response. Have a good day. Javier Lopez Ramos. >>>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message including attachments, if >>>> any, >>>> is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and >>>> may >>>> contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, use, >>>> disclosure or distribution of such confidential information without the >>>> written authorization of UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA RIVIERA MAYA, is >>>> prohibited by the industrial property and criminal law. If you are not >>>> the >>>> intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and >>>> destroy >>>> all copies of the original message and its attachments. By receiving >>>> this >>>> email you acknowledge that any breach by you and/or your >>>> representatives >>>> of >>>> the above provisions may entitle UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA RIVIERA >>>> MAYA, to seek for damages. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji >>> >> >> >> -- >> Alexandro Colorado >> Apache OpenOffice Contributor >> http://es.openoffice.org > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
