Please proceed with 765 -- All engines full speed ahead! We are continuing towards the formal release.
Regards, Kim On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Mel Chua wrote: > Slight change: after talking with Frances on IRC, it makes more > sense for me to do testing wiki cleanup work now, then come in after > dinner and flash XOs with $LatestReleaseCandidate then. Michael, Ed > - I'll use 765 unless: > > * I see an announcement to techteam/devel that 766+ is out, or > * You tell me otherwise > > (Good luck getting 766+ out!) > > Joe, let me know if there is anything I should do/not-do/avoid/etc > in order to prevent from getting in the way of your tests. I won't > be touching any of your 3 testbeds (bookshelf by Adam's office, > table by Wad's office, table behind Paul's desk) for this - I'm > using the 20 Kim and Richard gave me, and I'll be very clear to the > volunteers who come in that your testbeds are Not For Touching > (we'll be in a non-garden room in any case) so I don't think > there'll be a problem. Please ping me on IRC or email if there's > anything specific we need to talk about. > > Everyone - I'll be on IRC (Freenode, #olpc, mchua) all evening > except for when I'm on public transit or consuming food, at which > point I can be reached with my cell phone at 847.970.8484. > > -Mel > > Joseph A. Feinstein wrote: >> Mel, >> >> Please check with me FIRST - I'm in the office. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joe >> ----------- >> At 04:04 PM 9/26/2008, Mel Chua wrote: >>> Oh. Maybe I shouldn't flash all the XOs with 765 tonight, then... >>> I'm en route to the office now, and will check in with Ed and >>> Michael first, but unless I hear otherwise from someone I'll >>> install the latest candidate that's out when my train gets to >>> Kendall. >>> >>> PS: Any objections to me lining the edge of the Patmos with >>> testing XOs for Saturday and Sunday? There's not much choice for >>> space to do this in. >>> >>> Kimberley Quirk wrote: >>>> The only issue I see is that 765 is probably not the final >>>> release and we are going to need to 'cram' test the final release >>>> more than spending a lot of time with 765. >>>> >>>> Copying Ed and Michael on this as well as they will help figure >>>> out what release is our final one and they need to know that you >>>> (and others) are geared up to test... we just need to know what >>>> to test! >>>> >>>> Thanks, Mel, >>>> Kim >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 26, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Mel Chua wrote: >>>> >>>>> (Joe, please feel free to trump me on this - I'll keep plugging >>>>> on this unless somebody tells me otherwise.) >>>>> >>>>> Greg, by Monday at 11 I can get you and the testing list a >>>>> breakdown of the bugs in report 28 sorted by the following: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Verified as closed - celebrate! >>>>> 2) Verified as not-closed (reopened), add to release notes >>>>> 3) We have no idea (probably treat the same as #2) - I hope this >>>>> list will be empty. >>>>> >>>>> Plan for producing that email: (please revise/suggest as needed, >>>>> partial strawman) >>>>> >>>>> * I've been writing test cases and procedures in the last few >>>>> days for everything in report 33; I'll expand that to include >>>>> the tickets in 28, which is a superset of 33. >>>>> >>>>> * You'll see me back at 1cc this afternoon installing 765 on the >>>>> 20 XOs we got from Richard. I'm going to use those as the in-1cc >>>>> 8.2.0 blockers test pool since our other testbeds are being used >>>>> for connectivity tests (I think- Joe?) that require all 30 XOs >>>>> running full-tilt on that. >>>>> >>>>> * This weekend: running tests. And running tests. And running >>>>> tests. And - this is why I've spent so long on how-to-test >>>>> tutorials and test cases - getting the visiting volunteers >>>>> (+whoever I can pull in over IRC) on Saturday (MassXO comes in >>>>> Sat. morning) and Sunday (support-gang) to run tests. I've been >>>>> trying to build our capacity to run a lot of tests in parallel, >>>>> and the bottleneck (imo) was people with XOs who were able to, >>>>> with the given instructions, run all these tests. I hope I've >>>>> fixed the "with the given instructions" part. You'll see this >>>>> when I revise the [[Testing]] page later tonight. >>>>> >>>>> * Monday morning: Sit down and write up those 3 lists for Greg. >>>>> >>>>> How does this sound? >>>>> >>>>> -Mel >>>>> >>>>> Greg Smith wrote: >>>>>> Hi Mel, Joe and team, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am writing the 8.2 release notes and I see a number of bugs >>>>>> which are marked Test In Release, Test in Build or QA Signoff. >>>>>> >>>>>> If they really are fixed then I don't need to document them. >>>>>> However, if they fail final test then I should document them. >>>>>> >>>>>> I believe the relevant list is at: >>>>>> http://dev.laptop.org/report/28 >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you give me an ETA when you think you can have all of those >>>>>> verified or sent back for more work? >>>>>> >>>>>> For now I will assume that they are fixed and I will not >>>>>> document them. If you find one that is not fixed, please cc me >>>>>> on the bug or let me know and I will add it to the release >>>>>> notes later. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Greg S >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
