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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 08:15:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: CMS diff: Introduction to QA
From: Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org>
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Committed.  Thanks for the patch.   I'll review more later today.

-Rob

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Yan Ji <anonymous@apache.org> wrote:
> Clone URL (Committers only):
> https://cms.apache.org/redirect?new=anonymous;action=diff;uri=http://openofficeorg.apache.org/openofficeorg%2Forientation%2Fintro-qa.mdtext
>
> Yan Ji
>
> Index: trunk/content/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-qa.mdtext
> ===================================================================
> --- trunk/content/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-qa.mdtext     (revision 1404425)
> +++ trunk/content/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-qa.mdtext     (working copy)
> @@ -1,26 +1,89 @@
> -Title:     Introduction to QA
> -Notice:    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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> -           "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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> -
> -1. Please send an email to [ooo-qa@incubator.apache.org](mailto:ooo-qa@incubator.apache.org?subject=Starting Introduction to QA) to let us know you are working on this module.
> -
> -1. Understanding the defect workflow
> -
> -
> -1. Congratulations!  You have completed this Level.  Please send a note to [ooo-qa@incubator.apache.org](mailto:ooo-qa@incubator.apache.org?subject=Completed Introduction to QA) so
> -we all know you have completed this level.   This is also a good opportunity to send along any feedback or questions you might have on this Orientation Module.
> -
> +Title:     Introduction to QA
> +Notice:    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
> +           or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
> +           distributed with this work for additional information
> +           regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
> +           to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
> +           "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
> +           with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
> +           .
> +             http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
> +           .
> +           Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
> +           software distributed under the License is distributed on an
> +           "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
> +           KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
> +           specific language governing permissions and limitations
> +           under the License.
> +
> +LEVEL 1: INTRODUCTION TO QA<br>
> +In this orientation module you will know how a QA works in community.<br>
> +To get involved into QA work, firstly you need subscribe mail list:
> +
> +***QA Mailing List***
> +
> +The list is for bug reports, quality assurance for release, beta tests, manual test, automated tests, etc.
> +
> +Subscribe: [ooo-qa-subscribe@incubator.apache.org](mailto:ooo-qa-subscribe@incubator.apache.org)<br>
> +Post (after subscription): [ooo-qa@incubator.apache.org](mailto:ooo-qa@incubator.apache.org)<br>
> +Unsubscribe: [ooo-qa-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org](ooo-qa-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org)
> +
> +Archives:
> +
> +  - [Markmail](http://markmail.org/search/+list:org.apache.incubator.ooo-qa)
> +  - [Apache](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ooo-qa/)
> +
> +Post mail using special tag to identify QA activities:
> +
> + * [QA REPORT] - topic related with  status report
> + * [QA AUTOMATION] - topic related with automation tools, scripts and scope
> + * [QA BUG] - topic related with bug discussion
> + * [QA CRITICAL] - important information related with QE
> + * [QA CALLFORREVIEW] - topic with some review
> + * [QA CALLFORVOLUNTEER] - if you want to call for volunteer for testing some features
> + * [QA] default if others don't fit.
> +
> +After you subscribe QA mail list then you can post your topic in the mail group.
> +
> +***Bug Handling***:
> +
> +Apache Bugzilla:
> +
> + * [http://issues.apache.org/ooo](http://issues.apache.org/ooo)
> +
> +Bugzilla related documents:
> +
> + * Bug lifecycle introduction [Issue Lifecycle](http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Issue_lifecycle)<br>
> + * A guide for opening bug: [How to file bug](http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/HowToFileIssue)
> +
> +To open a new bug, you need register your bugzilla account firstly. [Account Request](https://issues.apache.org/ooo/createaccount.cgi)
> +
> +Now you can work as a QA role, starting from verifying fixed bugs to get familiar with AOO product.
> +
> +To verify fixed defect, you need to get latest build. AOO nightly build are available at build bot: [AOO buildbot](http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/index.html)
> +
> +You can get resolved bug list from this query: [All fixed bugs after AOO 3.4 release](https://issues.apache.org/ooo/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=Fixed_After_340&list_id=36979)
> +
> +Select the bug you want to verify:
> +
> + 1. First you need to understand which fault does the bug is referring to.
> + 1. Install the latest build.
> + 1. Follow the reproduce steps to check if the defect has been fixed.
> + 1. Add additional comments to the bug with your test result. e.g. build revision number, platform you have been tested etc.
> + 1. Change defect status to "Verified"(this action requires "CanEdit" privilege" in Bugzilla system, if you cannot do that then send mail to mailing list and ask other QA do this for you.)
> +
> +
> +
> +***Manual Testing***
> +
> +To get more familiar with AOO, now you can try to perform some manual test cases.
> +
> +Browse test management tool, [Testlink](http://aootesting.adfinis-sygroup.org) to find available test cases.<br>
> +Read this guide if you are not familiar with Testlink tool. [Testlink usage guide](http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/Testlink )
> +
> +After some practices on test case execution, now you can start writing new test cases.
> +
> +Useful guide for writing manual test cases:
> +
> + * [A guide for writing test case](http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/Testcase/How_to_write_test_case)
> + * [A simple test case sample](http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/Testcase/Sample)
>