Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] [Urgent] Call for Testing Trusty Tahr Beta 1 Candidate

[Tim <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/02/14 20:55, Erick Brunzell wrote:

On 02/28/2014 01:28 AM, Ali/amjjawad wrote:

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Michael Gratton <mike@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Kindly treat this email and this call for testing as high priority and urgent.

Please have a read:

http://ubuntugnome.org/trusty-tahr-beta-1-candidate/

As always, thank you for your support and we're waiting for your testing :)

Cool! So is this apt-get dist-upgradeable?

Hi,

That was an old email ;)

We're testing now Beta 1 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing

And soon, we will back to test the daily images.

Kindly keep in mind that in order to help Ubuntu GNOME with the testing process, you're required, as always, to test only the 'latest' build. Testing an old build is pointless and useless.

Those who are involved with testings need always to keep an eye on the QA mailing list of Ubuntu GNOME and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing

If there is any Q or anything wrong with that Wiki Page, please do shout at me. Send me directly or send to the list.

Thank you!

P.S.

In order for any test to be really helpful, tester is required to always do a clean and fresh install :)

Using any kind of upgrade is less helpful.

I would respectfully disagree. With a six month release cycle and a nine month support cycle I'd very much appreciate some help testing the 'release-upgrader' properly. Properly is a key word, eg;

I agree with Lance here... and wonder here did the whole "fresh install" obsession for linux come from? the debian packaging system is generally very good at handling upgrades! While the milestone testing is largely about testing the images, we also need to test upgrades. If there are bugs that only occur after upgrading, we still need to know about them!

To upgrade Ubuntu GNOME Saucy to Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Beta 1 simply execute the command "update-manager -d" in the terminal. No sudo is required, nor is it preferred!

To upgrade Ubuntu GNOME Saucy to Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Daily simply execute the command "update-manager -d -c" in the terminal. Again no sudo is required, nor is it preferred!

I don't think its actually possible to upgrade to "Beta 1" using update-manager, both those commands will actually do the same thing, and upgrade you to Trusty Daily.

Bug filing against the 'release-upgrader' is still a bit confusing to me, but official documentation indicates that "ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core" should usually be sufficient, just be sure to include the log files contained in "/var/log/dist-upgrade/".

Why?
Because the installation process is the very first thing that everyone needs to test. A system that can't be installed is 100% useless and thus, we must test the testing process :)
I will keep repeating this until I make sure everyone is aware of this :)

Yes, the more testing the better! One bad installation experience can turn a user against a distro forever! So those of us who don't mind blowing things up from time to time are key to producing a pleasant end result.

Lance