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[Ara Pulido <ara.pulido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/09/10 16:17, Duncan McGreggor wrote:
> On 09/09/2010 08:08 AM, Ara Pulido wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> Since we started asking for testing and reports at the testing tracker
>> [1] we only have had a "testing cycle".
> 
> Ah, so the tests listed here are part of the "MT_TestMilestone" testing
> cycle?
>   http://multitouch.qa.ubuntu.com/

Yes, they are. Once we start a new one, there will be another testing
cycle, with clean results.
> 
>> A testing cycle is a period of time where testers can test and report
>> back. Once they have added their results to the tracker, they can only
>> update their results, not adding new ones.
>>
>> We should be more aware of this and try to define better testing cycles
>> to make the most out of the information our testers provide.
>>
>> My suggestion is that, when important changes land into the PPA or
>> Ubuntu (and we should distinguish those) we could start a testing cycle
>> for those changes, and send a call for testing.
> 
> This is a great idea. Just to get a visual/data sense of this, there
> would then be a new section on the mt.qa page? Would the old section
> still remain for reference?

The old one will be hidden, but the data will remain there, and we could
show it anytime we want for reference.

Cheers,
Ara.

> 
>> So, please, let me know when you guys want to start a testing cycle and
>> how you think we should be organizing those.
> 
> We're going to (very soon) want to add a series of gesture testing for
> Unity, so that we have tests that match John and Mark's recent gesture
> spec work.
> 
>> Thanks!
>> Ara.
> 
> Thanks again, Ara!
> 
> d
>