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Posted to recruitment@openoffice.apache.org by Anita Jeziorska <an...@gmail.com> on 2017/10/11 15:29:02 UTC
Volunteer to test
Re: Volunteer to test
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Peter Kovacs wrote:
> The release candidate can be found at
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.4+Release+Notes
Addendum: If you want to test binaries, you find them here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/4.1.4-RC5/binaries/
Just pick your favorite language and then download the .exe file for
Windows or the appropriate file for your platform.
At the link Peter provided you will find a list of issues that are fixed
in 4.1.4-RC5. We would welcome everybody to provide feedback on Bugzilla
(you will need to register. ask here if it is not straightforward).
Regards,
Andrea.
Re: Re: Volunteer to test
Posted by Peter Kovacs <pe...@posteo.de>.
Hi Anita,
The release is almost done. But still testing could be done anytime. And the more feedback we get the better the software.
If you want to get started and have a try:
The release candidate can be found at
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.4+Release+Notes
All the best
Peter
Am 13. Oktober 2017 20:56:43 MESZ schrieb Anita Jeziorska <an...@gmail.com>:
>Hello,
>
>Thank you for exhaustive describing. Now I'm a little bit confused
>because
>of lots of information and I need some time to get familiar with all of
>this :)
>I subscribed dev mailing list just to know what's going on and to qa
>mailing list. Hope that soon I'll be useful :)
>
>Best wishes,
>Anita
>
>2017-10-12 23:08 GMT+02:00 Peter Kovacs <pe...@posteo.de>:
>
>> Hi Anita,
>>
>> Fine. Thanks for answering the questions.
>> Let me write a bit how we work.
>>
>> 1) The volunteer principle
>> The project does not dictate what you do.
>> It is up to you to decide how much, where and how you support
>Openoffice.
>> We look of course for consents and agreement between the volunteers,
>but
>> in general every volunteer is self driven.
>>
>> 2) mailing lists
>> We are communicating through mailing lists. Because we believe in
>open
>> transparent world we publish almost everything.
>> There are only 2 lists with limited in access. Security and private
>> (project management)
>> Also people can take over if there is time issue. So if you have a
>> question some other community member might answer on recruitment. If
>you
>> write to people only those can answer. Could take more time.
>>
>> The mailing list that is focused around testing is QA. I suggest you
>> subscribe to that list, and start reading what is going on there. (
>> https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html )
>>
>> The recruitment list has the idea of a lifeline. By times it is quite
>> overwhelming and it suppose to help you to orient yourself.
>>
>> The dev mailing list, is our hearth. Currently we are in preparation
>and
>> testing of the upcoming release 4.1.4 which is in final stage ( you
>almost
>> missed this party ;) )
>> But there should be a lot of on going traffic to check out what
>people are
>> doing.
>>
>> 3) where we could test
>> We have 2 major test focus, where you can look into.
>> A) release testing
>> As I said above, we currently test the release. That is done by
>checking
>> if the release features are working, and if the release works
>featureless
>> for you.
>>
>> B) user bug report testing
>> Users are reporting issues. More often they need help because
>something
>> broke.
>> Goal is to find out if the problem is user specific. In this case we
>ask
>> them to reach out to forums or user mailing list.
>> Or if you can reconstruct the issue at your system by I.e. repeating
>the
>> steps or by beeing able to reproduce the effect, then it is a real
>bug and
>> needs to be processed.
>>
>> We currently are in final release testing. Maybe you can follow/join
>the
>> RC5 testing.
>> If there is an issue write to recruitment and we try to sort it out.
>>
>> Hope this is not overwhelming to you. :)
>>
>> All the best
>> Peter
>>
>> Am 11. Oktober 2017 21:46:01 MESZ schrieb Anita Jeziorska <
>> anita.jot90@gmail.com>:
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >Sure I don't mind :) below answers to your questions:
>> >
>> >1. Can you describe a little what your experience is?
>> >I'm beginner without professional experience. Few months ago I
>decided
>> >to
>> >change something and started to learn theory of testing on my own
>(from
>> >blogs, websites, groups dedicated to testers, webinars). Now, with
>some
>> >basic knowledge I'm looking for open source projects thanks to which
>> >I'll
>> >be able to practise.
>> >
>> >2. Have you done Application testing before?
>> >Yes, I've started to test Firefox experimental features in "Firefox
>> >Test
>> >Pilot" project. That's why I'm familiar with GitHub where all issues
>> >have
>> >to be reported (I found some issues which I've reported).
>> >
>> >3. How much experiences do you have with open office?
>> >I use it every day because of my actual job, especially calc and
>> >writer.
>> >Mostly not sophisticated functions connected with creating tables,
>> >articles, formatting. From time to time I need to use something more
>> >complicated.
>> >
>> >4. Have you looked a little around the tools we use? Do you know
>them
>> >or is
>> >it all new to you?
>> >I'm not sure exactly which tools do you mean because there's a lot
>of
>> >information. I read about "Infrastructure", and it's said there to
>> >report
>> >bug via Bugzilla. I didn't use it yet but suppose that bug reporting
>> >scheme
>> >is similar to GitHub. I'm familiar with creating issues in Jira
>because
>> >of
>> >preparing to recruitment interview.
>> >
>> >5. What do you expect how this will be for you?
>> >I hope for me it will be opportunity to practise and finally use
>> >theoretical knowledge, and by the way for you it's chance to get
>user
>> >focused on testing, not only using for free.
>> >
>> >Best Regards!
>> >Anita
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >2017-10-11 19:51 GMT+02:00 Keith N. McKenna
>> ><ke...@comcast.net>:
>> >
>> >> Forwarding to original poster whom is not subscribed.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> Keith
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Wiadomość przekazana dalej ----------
>> >> From: Peter Kovacs <pe...@posteo.de>
>> >> To: recruitment@openoffice.apache.org
>> >> Cc:
>> >> Bcc:
>> >> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:40:08 +0200
>> >> Subject: Re: Volunteer to test
>> >> Hi Anita,
>> >>
>> >> Welcome to the recruitment channel.
>> >> And thanks for showing interest in helping out.
>> >> Can you describe a little what your experience is?
>> >> Have you done Application testing before?
>> >> How much experiences do you have with open office?
>> >> Have you looked a little around the tools we use? Do you know them
>or
>> >is
>> >> it all new to you?
>> >> What do you expect how this will be for you?
>> >>
>> >> I hope you do not mind if I do not rush. I would like to make your
>> >> volunteering count.
>> >>
>> >> All the best
>> >> Peter
>> >>
>> >> Am 11. Oktober 2017 17:29:02 MESZ schrieb Anita Jeziorska <
>> >> anita.jot90@gmail.com>:
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>
Re: Re: Volunteer to test
Posted by Peter Kovacs <pe...@posteo.de>.
Hi Anita,
Fine. Thanks for answering the questions.
Let me write a bit how we work.
1) The volunteer principle
The project does not dictate what you do.
It is up to you to decide how much, where and how you support Openoffice.
We look of course for consents and agreement between the volunteers, but in general every volunteer is self driven.
2) mailing lists
We are communicating through mailing lists. Because we believe in open transparent world we publish almost everything.
There are only 2 lists with limited in access. Security and private (project management)
Also people can take over if there is time issue. So if you have a question some other community member might answer on recruitment. If you write to people only those can answer. Could take more time.
The mailing list that is focused around testing is QA. I suggest you subscribe to that list, and start reading what is going on there. (
https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html )
The recruitment list has the idea of a lifeline. By times it is quite overwhelming and it suppose to help you to orient yourself.
The dev mailing list, is our hearth. Currently we are in preparation and testing of the upcoming release 4.1.4 which is in final stage ( you almost missed this party ;) )
But there should be a lot of on going traffic to check out what people are doing.
3) where we could test
We have 2 major test focus, where you can look into.
A) release testing
As I said above, we currently test the release. That is done by checking if the release features are working, and if the release works featureless for you.
B) user bug report testing
Users are reporting issues. More often they need help because something broke.
Goal is to find out if the problem is user specific. In this case we ask them to reach out to forums or user mailing list.
Or if you can reconstruct the issue at your system by I.e. repeating the steps or by beeing able to reproduce the effect, then it is a real bug and needs to be processed.
We currently are in final release testing. Maybe you can follow/join the RC5 testing.
If there is an issue write to recruitment and we try to sort it out.
Hope this is not overwhelming to you. :)
All the best
Peter
Am 11. Oktober 2017 21:46:01 MESZ schrieb Anita Jeziorska <an...@gmail.com>:
>Hello,
>
>Sure I don't mind :) below answers to your questions:
>
>1. Can you describe a little what your experience is?
>I'm beginner without professional experience. Few months ago I decided
>to
>change something and started to learn theory of testing on my own (from
>blogs, websites, groups dedicated to testers, webinars). Now, with some
>basic knowledge I'm looking for open source projects thanks to which
>I'll
>be able to practise.
>
>2. Have you done Application testing before?
>Yes, I've started to test Firefox experimental features in "Firefox
>Test
>Pilot" project. That's why I'm familiar with GitHub where all issues
>have
>to be reported (I found some issues which I've reported).
>
>3. How much experiences do you have with open office?
>I use it every day because of my actual job, especially calc and
>writer.
>Mostly not sophisticated functions connected with creating tables,
>articles, formatting. From time to time I need to use something more
>complicated.
>
>4. Have you looked a little around the tools we use? Do you know them
>or is
>it all new to you?
>I'm not sure exactly which tools do you mean because there's a lot of
>information. I read about "Infrastructure", and it's said there to
>report
>bug via Bugzilla. I didn't use it yet but suppose that bug reporting
>scheme
>is similar to GitHub. I'm familiar with creating issues in Jira because
>of
>preparing to recruitment interview.
>
>5. What do you expect how this will be for you?
>I hope for me it will be opportunity to practise and finally use
>theoretical knowledge, and by the way for you it's chance to get user
>focused on testing, not only using for free.
>
>Best Regards!
>Anita
>
>
>
>2017-10-11 19:51 GMT+02:00 Keith N. McKenna
><ke...@comcast.net>:
>
>> Forwarding to original poster whom is not subscribed.
>>
>> Regards
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> ---------- Wiadomość przekazana dalej ----------
>> From: Peter Kovacs <pe...@posteo.de>
>> To: recruitment@openoffice.apache.org
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:40:08 +0200
>> Subject: Re: Volunteer to test
>> Hi Anita,
>>
>> Welcome to the recruitment channel.
>> And thanks for showing interest in helping out.
>> Can you describe a little what your experience is?
>> Have you done Application testing before?
>> How much experiences do you have with open office?
>> Have you looked a little around the tools we use? Do you know them or
>is
>> it all new to you?
>> What do you expect how this will be for you?
>>
>> I hope you do not mind if I do not rush. I would like to make your
>> volunteering count.
>>
>> All the best
>> Peter
>>
>> Am 11. Oktober 2017 17:29:02 MESZ schrieb Anita Jeziorska <
>> anita.jot90@gmail.com>:
>> >
>>
>>
Fwd: Re: Volunteer to test
Posted by "Keith N. McKenna" <ke...@comcast.net>.
Forwarding to original poster whom is not subscribed.
Regards
Keith
Re: Volunteer to test
Posted by Peter Kovacs <pe...@posteo.de>.
Hi Anita,
Welcome to the recruitment channel.
And thanks for showing interest in helping out.
Can you describe a little what your experience is?
Have you done Application testing before?
How much experiences do you have with open office?
Have you looked a little around the tools we use? Do you know them or is it all new to you?
What do you expect how this will be for you?
I hope you do not mind if I do not rush. I would like to make your volunteering count.
All the best
Peter
Am 11. Oktober 2017 17:29:02 MESZ schrieb Anita Jeziorska <an...@gmail.com>:
>
Re: Volunteer to test
Posted by William Windham <ww...@cfl.rr.com>.
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On 10/11/17, 11:29 AM, "Anita Jeziorska" <an...@gmail.com> wrote: