shaun mallette wrote: > I can start helping in the testing. > > Shaun Mallette > > > > > Kevin Kofler wrote: >> Hi, >> >> in KDE SIG, we currently have most of the roles in the packaging >> workflow covered: >> * packagers (several) >> * triager (tuxbrewr a.k.a. SMParrish) >> * rel-eng member (rdieter) >> * live CD maintainer (svahl) >> etc. >> but there's an important role missing: testers! >> >> Of course, the purpose of this e-mail is not to discourage anybody >> wanting to help us in some other area, additional help is always >> welcome. However, one or more testers would be really needed, as >> currently all of the testing falls either on us developers or on some >> users who just quickly test one thing. It would be great to have >> dedicated testers, also in light of the new critical path QA which >> was recently decided by FESCo. >> >> Being a tester has a much lower barrier to entry than most other >> forms of contribution, you just need: >> * some HD space to install test systems to >> (ideally, you'd have Rawhide, Fn and Fn-1 on at least one machine >> each, >> but even just testing one release is helpful) >> and >> * some spare time. >> (Of course, we cannot and will not expect you to work full time on >> this! >> We know unpaid volunteers' time is limited. Several of us KDE SIG >> members, me included, are not paid to work on Fedora either.) >> No programming, drawing, technical writing etc. skills are required. >> >> If you sign up, you will be volunteering with the KDE SIG and the QA >> project. You will get more directions from the KDE and QA teams, but >> basically your tasks will include trying to reproduce bugs, doing >> some basic functionality testing of updates (especially critical >> ones) to test for regressions, and similar things. While not strictly >> required, attending the KDE SIG and QA meetings on IRC would be helpful. >> >> If you are interested, please reply to this call for help. (The reply >> should be going to the fedora-kde mailing list.) You can also contact >> us on #fedora-kde on FreeNode IRC. >> >> Note that this is a call for volunteer help, NOT A PAID JOB OFFER! >> >> Kevin Kofler >> >> >> > >
