On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Anu Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob, > > I am Anitha from USA. Could you please add me to the QA role in Bugzilla > so that I can get started on assigning some bugs for myself for > verification? >
Hi Anitha, OK. You are now in the "qa-team" group. > Also please add me the QA resources Wiki page. > You should be able to sign up for a wiki account here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/signup.action Then you can add your own information. Thanks! -Rob > Thank you, > Anitha Nityanand > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:22 AM, colin mcdermott >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Colin, >> >> Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project! >> >> >> > Can I please be added to the QA role in Bugzilla >> > >> > Username [email protected] >> > >> >> Done. >> >> > BTW started to perform steps below. Realised that I was not in QA role. >> If >> > you could put a note "if you cannot assign the bug to yourself, then you >> > probably have not been added to the QA role, please see above" >> > >> >> Done. >> >> > Here's what to do to confirm a new defect report: >> > >> > 1. First, assign the report to yourself by setting your Bugzilla >> > username (your email address) in the "QA Contact" field. >> > 2. Then read over the report. What are they really saying? Are they >> > reporting a bug? Asking for a new feature? Asking a support question? >> Just >> > because it is in Bugzilla does not mean that it is a defect report. >> > 3. Ask yourself: Are they saying that something is working >> incorrectly? >> > Or are they asking for new functionality? If they are asking for a new >> > feature, change the Issue Type field to "FEATURE". If they are asking >> for >> > an enhancement of an existing feature, set the Issue Type field to >> > "ENHANCEMENT". You can now set the Status to CONFIRMED and then save >> your >> > changes. You are done with the report. >> > >> > BTW Big Kudos for what you are doing. I know that I have only started >> > squatting but I plan to hit a few bugs each week. >> > >> >> Thanks. If you are familiar with Bugzilla it is not too hard to find >> bugs to work on. I'd recommend starting with the >> "unconfirmed-defects" predefined query and finding any interesting >> ones that have no QA Contact. >> >> Or, I'm happy to assign you a small batch of defects to review. For >> new volunteers I filter out the ones that I know will be difficult to >> test or require specialized knowledge and instead give ones rely more >> on common end-user knowledge of how OpenOffice works. Of course, >> finding suitable bug reports on your own is fine as well, and is >> something I'm hoping all volunteers eventually will do. >> >> Also, could I get you to add your information to the wiki here: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/QA+Testing+Preferences >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Rob >> >> > -- >> > Regards >> > >> > Colin McDermott >>
