Category: Testing

Ubuntu Studio 13.10 Release Candidate Call for Testing

in News, Planet Ubuntu, Testing
Oct
13
2013

Dear Ubuntu Studio developers, testers and users,

We are about to release Ubuntu Studio 13.10 on the coming Thursday. However, we are desperately in need for testing. Please help us test the release candidate images!

Testcases for the amd64 images are in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55592/testcases,
while i386 image testcases can be found in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55593/testcases.
Please also do the upgrade testcases as well, linked in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55391/testcases (for amd64) and http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55392/testcases (for i386).

The latest image is available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current. We recommend you to use zsync to download the image, as the images will be updated quite frequently in the coming few days.

The changes compared to Ubuntu Studio 13.04 can be found at https://ubuntustudio.org/2013/09/ubuntu-studio-13-10-saucy-salamander-beta-2-released/ (except for one final feature: We added Ardour 3 to the images).

You can find a detailed testing walkthrough and videos at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Walkthrough.

If you have any inquiries, feel free to ask in #ubuntustudio-devel on Freenode or mail us at ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com

We appreciate your testing efforts and let’s make Ubuntu Studio 13.10 an amazing release!

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager

Ubuntu Studio 13.10 Beta 2 call for testing

in Development, News, Testing
Sep
24
2013

Hello Ubuntu Studio Developers, contributors and users,

“Keep calm and test the images!” — Ubuntu QA Team

We are now close to our second and final beta release of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), and we want YOU to test for us.

http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/303/builds is the place where you follow the testcases and submit the results, simply choose “Ubuntu Studio “, and follow the testcases. If you want a walkthrough, check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Walkthrough.

There are not many changes from Beta 1 to Beta 2 (except that we fixed 4 bugs about upgrading). Changes in features can be found at https://ubuntustudio.org/2013/09/ubuntu-studio-13-10-saucy-salamander-beta-1-released/. So we want you to test the upgrades again, to see if there is any more bugs. (Of course you can report bugs in images too:))

The images are always accessible at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current.

For any inquiries, find us at ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com or contact zequence/OvenWerks/smartboyhw in #ubuntustudio-devel on Freenode.

Happy testing!

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager

Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Beta 1 testing

in News, Planet Ubuntu, Testing
Sep
03
2013

Dear Ubuntu Studio Developers, Contributors and Users,

The first beta of Ubuntu Studio’s development release, Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), will be released on Thursday, 5th September, 2013. I would like to call for testers.

This release is a very exciting one as we have added a new set of features to the development release, including:

* A new menu structure which works on any desktop environment. Len Ovens and Mish did a great job on moviing various apps to the right submenu and creating new menu icons.

* A new package named ubuntustudio-installer, which allows any person to install our metapackages and can fit into any desktop environment.

* Instead of a settings menu, we have fitted in a new Settings Manager, with all settings in one place.
Grub fixes

* When you are in the GRUB Menu, the boot item for Ubuntu Studio will show “Ubuntu Studio” instead of “Ubuntu”. Also, the latest -lowlatency kernel will be always the default boot item in the GRUB boot loader.

* The XFCE session in the LightDM is removed to avoid any confusion with the Ubuntu Studio session.

You can find the Ubuntu Studio pre-Beta 1 images at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current.

Find the testcases in the Ubuntu ISO QA Tracker (http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/302/builds) for Ubuntu Studio and follow them (along with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Walkthrough as a reference document) to test the images.

After you have tested them, report the results in the ISO QA Tracker.

Make sure you DO report any bugs you found and report them using ubuntu-bug in your terminal or Launchpad (https://launchpad.net).

Enjoy the testing and let’s make the release happen!

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager

Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS testing

in News, Testing
Aug
21
2013

Dear Ubuntu Studio Developers, Contributors and users,

Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS point release is planned for release on
Thursday, 22nd August, 2013. Now, I would like to invite you to test
the images before the release happens.

The images are currently available at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/precise/dvd/current/

The testcases are available at:

amd64: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/301/builds/51842/testcases
i386: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/301/builds/51843/testcases

All testcases are required to be done and pass in order for the Ubuntu
Studio Release Team to release the image. Report the results of your
testing at the above testcase links.

Follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Walkthrough to learn how to
test an image. Report any bugs via Launchpad, and note down of the bug
number in your submitted result.

Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS will be just a point release of Ubuntu
Studio 12.04 LTS, with stable release updates available pre-installed.

Thank you for your time and effort in testing such images.

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager

Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Release Candidates needs testing!

in News, Testing
Apr
20
2013

Dear Ubuntu Studio developers, testers and fellow users:

We are now near the final release of Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail). We now need a full force of testers to help us do the testing of the release candidate images!

Sure, you may ask: What’s the point of testing dailies, when the official RC images hasn’t landed in the ISO QA Tracker[1]?

The following message is an answer from the Ubuntu Release Team to Phill Whiteside (Lubuntu QA Lead) last evening (UTC time):
>
>> Pretty much everything from here forward (well, as of today’s crons, anyway) could be considered RC material.
>> Everything we’re producing this week is an RC until we stop spinning and declare a winner.
>> So, I’d rather you just encourage people to test early and often all week, rather than fret over “the RC”, of which there is none.
>> (Or there are many, depending on how you look at it)
>> All of them.
>> And lots.
>> Even when something *has* 100% test coverage, it STILL needs testing.
>> Because not all testers are created equal, and some do weird things to find new and fun bugs.
>> So, really. Just ask people to beat the crap out of the ISOs over the weekend and file bugs.

Let me clarify: There is NO SINGLE RC. All the dailies produced now until official release are RCs. So please, download a daily image of Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)  in [2] and start testing!

You don’t necesseraily have to report results in the ISO QA Tracker (for now, since the RC milestone hasn’t been created in there). However, you DO have to report bugs for us:) When you target a bug, try to identify the package that causes the bug and file a bug using “apport-bug <packagename>”. Please, though, after the bug is filed please also report the bug against the “Ubuntu Studio” project (as long as that package is in Ubuntu Studio), by clicking “Also affect project” so that we can track the bug.

I will send a e-mail again when we DO have the milestone in the ISO QA Tracker.

Have fun testing!

[1] iso.qa.ubuntu.com

[2] cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current

Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Beta 1 testing is now on!

in Testing
Mar
12
2013
Dear fellow testers:

The testing period for Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Beta 1 has started!

Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Beta 1 is a release milestone to release Ubuntu Studio 13.04. This is a beta release, so only testers and enthusiatic users should use this release.

The Ubuntu Studio team has implemented lots of new features, including new apps (supercollider, faust, lmms, kdenlive, recordmydesktop, Krita, and create-resources), new wallpapers from the community, new ubiquity, new menu items, and much more!

Please test the images which can be downloaded from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current/ . We especially want testers with amd64 machines to test the amd64 ISOs since there was normally a problem of not having enough testers. Just follow the testcases for Ubuntu Studio in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/261/builds.

After you have tested it report the result on the same page of the testcases. If the ISO installs and boots and runs OK after installation, submit a pass result. If it fails, please submit a failed result and also leave the comment with the reported bug(s) and comment. It would also be nice to give us the link of your hardware profile.

If you have any questions please contact Scott Lavender (scott-work), Kaj Ailomaa (zequence)or Howard Chan (smartboyhw) in #ubuntustudio-devel on irc.freenode.net.

Wish you a happy time testing!

Regards,

the Ubuntu Studio Team
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