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

[Claire Robinson]

On 30/06/12 15:53, Sandro CAZZANIGA wrote:
>
> Le 30 juin 2012 16:49, "Claire Robinson" <eeeemail at gmail.com
> <mailto:eeeemail at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>  >
>  > On 28/06/12 15:45, Claire Robinson 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 <http://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)
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Ping :)
>
> Ashiqur Rahman Angel (pseudo angel) would like to contribute...
>

Thats great Sandro, please show them how :)

We still need more though please, anybody else?

Thankyou!
Claire