[Mageia-discuss] Appeal for people - QA Needs You

[Doug Laidlaw]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:45:49 +0100
Claire Robinson <eeeemail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> Some of you may be aware of the current shortage of contributors in
> QA. Since the release of Mageia 2 our workload has doubled and we are 
> struggling to stay on top of it.
> 
> I'd like to appeal to you all, if you can find some time, to consider 
> joining the QA team and helping to make Mageia!
> 
> You don't have to be a guru to do useful QA so it is a good way for 
> people of all experience levels to contribute to the community. We
> are all ages and from all over the world, united by a common cause.
> 
> We have a documented procedure to follow and are more than willing to 
> offer some informal mentoring until you feel comfortable with what
> you are doing. We have people of all abilities and it is a welcoming
> and friendly, albeit small, team - so please don't be shy or think
> your contribution would be meaningless. We need all the help we can
> get!
> 
> As you may know, the long rumoured backport medias will be opening 
> before too long (hopefully!) and it will be our job in QA to test 
> backported packages then, aswell as the regular updates. If you like
> to test new stuff before it is released or like to learn about old
> stuff you maybe never knew existed before then QA is definitely for
> you.
> 
> We want to ensure updates are processed in a timely fashion but our 
> backlog is growing longer at the moment instead of shorter. So
> Please, if you would like to help, take a moment and read our wiki
> pages. There is a wealth of information there. If you do decide to
> join then please say Hi on the qa-discuss mailing list or on IRC,
> we'd be very grateful and glad to see you!
> 
> Wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team
> IRC:  #mageia-qa on irc.freenode.net
> 
> We will be holding regular meetings now on the IRC channel on
> Thursdays at 19UTC. You are more than welcome to come and join in.
> 
> If you need any more info or guidance then please don't hesitate to
> ask either on list or off.
> 
> Hope to see you soon!
> 
> Thanks
> Claire (MrsB)
> 
I will think about it, but at the moment I am too old (haven't started
my countdown,) too heavy with the flu and too inclined to be abrasive.

Doug.