4.9 Beta Phase is approaching: what needs to be done?

[David Edmundson]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Anne-Marie Mahfouf
<annemarie.mahfouf at free.fr> wrote:
> On 05/08/2012 03:46 PM, David Edmundson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Do we have a more advanced plan on testing? Should we have a checklist
>>>> of "apps to check"?
>>>
>>> My proposal was to have 2 sorts of beta testing:
>>> - informal testing where testers install the beta and use it as they wish
>>> (they would probably use mostly apps they normally use) which was what
>>> was
>>> done in previous releases
>>> - specific apps to test in a more thorough way (going through all the GUI
>>> elements, trying all the settings,...). This would need a list of
>>> proposed
>>> apps. Edu apps could be included there as I know devels are quite
>>> respondent
>>> to bugs. I was also thinking about common applets. Not apps like KMail or
>>> Konqueror which are too big. Focus on new apps/applets for this release.
>>> KCMs also are good candidates. So it's already quite a list. Are we
>>> having
>>> some IRC based "bug squishing days" if so do we want to propose some
>>> dates
>>> for that.I think we need to have people on IRC in #kde-quality and
>>> #kde-bugs
>>> on May 29th, 30th and maybe we can set the next week-end as formal "bug
>>> week-end" (that would be 2 and 3rd June)
>>
>> I'll get a list from plasma of any applet that's either added or gone
>> through a massive conversion to QML (effectively rewritten).
>> I'm not aware of any "new apps" but maybe we could use anything marked
>> as "Done" in this list
>> http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.9_Feature_Plan  as a basis for
>> other things to add to the testing list?
>>
>> We should collate a list somewhere. Wiki or etherpad?
>>
> Maybe wiki so testers could then put their names on what they are working
> on. Myriam, what do you think?
>
> New apps:
> In KDE-Edu we have Pairs as a new application (for kids) and Rocs (graph
> Theory, thus specialized) was quite improved.
> Color schemes:
> Another issue that came up right now this afternoon on IRC was testing
> apps/applets with different color schemes (dark ones for example).
>

I'll take responsibility of making a list of plasmoids to test, and
coming up with a check list for each which includes:
 - trying oxgyen and air themes
 - putting in a horizontal panel
 - putting in a vertical panel
 - resizing to minimum size
 - (various applet specific tests)

(though there is a massive list of issues here:
http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Tasks which not a lot has happened to)


>
> Anne-Marie
>
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