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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Aere,

the sex, sexuality, religion. physical handicaps, age, race / creed  etc.
of people is of little interest to me. It took me nearly two years to be
finally 'prodded' by other team members to find out if our head of dev was
a 'he' or a 'she'. It really does not matter to me, but I know it does to
some; to this end there is a womens section (And they do keep us males
under tight controll :D ). Please ask if you'd like details for that group.

As you may have read on the mailing list, one of the testing guys lost his
internet connection at a bad time. As you are also interested in i386
testing and he is both a seasoned tester and an all round nice person I've
included him in my reply of this email to him and cc'd it to our quality
group.

Never be afraid to ask questions, there are no dumb questions, only that we
have not made the wiki area more easily navigated for you to easily find
answers to them. Please do let us know when you can not easily find an
answer.

I repeat, thank-you for taking the time to test, my ' internal screaming'
and howling to a New Moon is nothing new [?]

Regards,

Phill.





On 16 March 2013 00:15, Aere Greenway <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Phill:
>
> I (she, not he) think I have taken care of what you asked, but possibly
> not.
>
> - Aere
>
>
> On 03/14/2013 03:06 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
> Hi Aere,
>
>  the quiet scream you just heard was from me as I could not approve all
> the i386 ISO's due to lack of testing being reported [?] Thanks for taking
> the time to test, but could I ask that you do log your results on the ISO
> Tracker.
>
>  Testing and reporting is pretty straight forward... Please have a read
> of this link [1]. A lot of this has now been copied over as it affects all
> flavours [2].
>
>  If you have any questions on testing, please feel more than free to ask
> on the lubuntu-qa mailing list.
>
>  We are now back to 'Dailies' in the next 24 hours as our Lubuntu images
> that were 'on hold', will re build as per the times on [1].
>
>  For an over view as to what got tested and the results for Beta 1, have
> a read of [3].
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Phill.
> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing
> 2. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities#Contributing_Results
> 3. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/261/builds
>
> On 14 March 2013 20:19, Aere Greenway <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  All:
>>
>> I tried out the Lubuntu 13.04 live CD (desktop i386 32-bit) on most of
>> the machines in my test-bed, and it worked on all of them.  Some of my
>> machines only have a CD drive, so it's good it still fits on a CD, rather
>> than having to use a DVD.
>>
>> I noticed a few minor things:
>>
>> The Intel graphics on my Dell Dimension machine seems to have
>> deteriorated since 12.10, on the 13.04.  There are choppy color-gradients.
>> I don't know if this gets corrected when it is actually installed, or by
>> the final release.
>>
>> When the Intel graphics is bypassed (using a Nvidia graphics card), the
>> graphics is attractive again.
>>
>> The system profiler appears to have the same problem as the prior
>> release, namely, you get presented with a bunch of empty dialog boxes which
>> you have to dismiss.
>>
>> I tried it in the following machines:
>>
>>
>>    - HP Vectra, 450 megahertz, 512 megabytes RAM
>>    - Compaq p33 (933 megahertz), 512 megabytes RAM
>>     - Dell GX240, 1-Gig. RAM, 1.5 Gigahertz, Nvidia graphics card
>>    - Dell GX260, 1-Gig. RAM, 2.0 Gigahertz, Nvidia graphics card
>>    - Acer Aspire laptop, 2-Gig. RAM (only 1.7 used on 32-bit),
>>    dual-processors, 2.0 gigahertz each
>>    - Dell Dimension 1100, 2.5 Gigahertz, 1 Gig. RAM, Intel graphics
>>
>> - Aere
>>
>>
>> On 03/08/2013 03:53 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>>
>> We are now approaching a critical part of 13.04. Starting today, 13.04 is
>> under Feature Freeze (No new applications, or additional (new) features
>> allowed and ONLY bug fixes are allowed). Whilst there is a system for
>> exceptions to be allowed in for VERY good reasons, what was built today on
>> the Raring Iso's is pretty much what the applications will be in 13.04. Our
>> Head of Dev assures me that we got all the lubuntu ones in on time.
>> Normally, the ISO's were supposed to be handed over to the Quality /
>> Testing team on the Friday so we have 7 days to go over them. As per
>> normal, this didn't happen :) What will not happen is the date of the
>> Beta 1 release date being changed.
>>
>>  So, what can you do to help? Well, all of you good people have actually
>> already done lubuntu ISO testing. You did that when you installed lubuntu.
>> Having installed it once, you know how to do it.
>>
>> Lubuntu has many different ISO's to test, every one of these has to be
>> fully tested and passed at Beta 1, Beta 2 and the final Release Client. If
>> we do not have the tests done and passed, they will not be released; this
>> will mean that those people dependent on them will not have a 13.04
>> release. You good people can really make a difference. I've now updated the
>> lubuntu testing area[1] to hold as much up to date information for you as I
>> can.
>>
>> However, I must now ask that questions for 13.04 are asked on the
>> Lubuntu-QA mailing list; there are simply not enough of the more
>> experienced testers to follow anything but bug-reports and the mailing
>> list. ** We do NOT bite **. It is a 'roller coaster' ride, especially the
>> first time (although I still get a buzz when release day comes). You get
>> the chance to say....
>> "Hey, I was a part of the team that made that happen"...... Trust me,
>> it's a good buzz even though most of are very tired by then :)
>>
>>  The Lubuntu 13.04 Beta 1 testing ISO will be created on Monday (evening
>> - I will update this list). If you still think you do not have experience
>> to test, please take the weekend to get used to how it all works and get
>> your name down as a tester and ask questions. It makes a difference even if
>> you only run one test out of the many needed, just go and test... Once you
>> have your 1st test under your belt, you'll realise that it is easier than
>> installing for the first time and I'm sure you will get that nice feeling
>> of 'Yeah, I helped".
>>
>> Regards,
>> Phill.
>> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing
>>
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>>
>>
>>   --
>> Sincerely,
>> Aere
>>
>>
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