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QA Workflows

This page describes the various workflows that QA engineers will go through. In other words, this is Stuff That QA People Do.

Stop (medium size).png This is a draft document! Feel free to help define the things here - talk to WillWoods if you've got other ideas.

Each of the bullet points below should eventually have some links for further information.

Bug Triage

  • Monitor new bugs
  • Adjust priorities and severity
  • Request extra info where needed
  • Close duplicates

Update Testing

  • Enable the updates-testing repo
  • Install the packages therein
  • Report on the stability of the packages

Release Testing

  • Install from 'development' (aka 'rawhide') and/or install Test releases
  • Continue getting updates from development
  • Report problems

Process Refinement

  • Write test plans
  • Write release criteria
  • Define bug priorities and severity

Tool Improvement / Engineering

  • Write tools to make the above tasks easier (automated testing, etc)
  • Improve tools
  • Maintain tools
  • Evaluate new tools

FUTURE: Automated testing

  • Write new tests
  • Review proposed tests
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