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[Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.skaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The transition to autopilot 1.4 is done! I'm including Didier's mail 
below, which contains important information for you as well.
> So, as seen below, the transition to autopilot 1.4 is now done. We 
> can't release that image because of our sdk breaking backward 
> compatbility.
> In addition, as the CI system will be down for the week-end (and may 
> as well on Monday morning). I think we are at the perfect timing to 
> try to get back to a green image.
>
> If you look at image 14, we have some failing tests:
> - mako: 
> http://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/smokeng/trusty/touch/mako/14:20131107:20131031.1/4933/
> - maguro: 
> http://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/smokeng/trusty/touch/maguro/14:20131107:20131031.1/4932/

So, looking at the reports there are some core apps that still need 
attention in order to be 100% passing. As of now I get to be the bully 
in making this happen ;-) Let's work on getting each of the apps to be 
100% passing and green. If we have flaky tests we'll fix them or disable 
them. If the tests aren't green due to bugs, let's fix the bugs. I want 
every merge this cycle to have passing tests, and for the dashboard to 
stay passing unless there is a true bug.

So what does this mean? It means I'll be reverting anything that makes 
the dashboard worse testwise, or doesn't work on the phone. I don't want 
to have to do this, it wouldn't be fun for anyone. To make sure this 
doesn't need to happen, please test your merges on real hardware before 
accepting. If you don't have phone hardware, please add me as a reviewer 
for all of your merges until all the core apps are green again. I will 
personally run the tests on my phone to ensure they will pass in the lab 
as well. Let's not push things that will make the situation worse. The 
jenkins mergebot is an excellent approximation of the enviroment, but it 
is not the same as running on the phone. You should check the tests on 
real hardware before merging.

So in summary:

- We need to get our dashboard back to looking green!
- Merges that make tests worse will be reverted
- Always test on phone hardware before approving any new merges
-- Add me as a reviewer if you need someone to test your branch on real 
hardware and you don't have any
- I'm going to be a bully to ensure this all happens :-)

QA Community test writers -- let's help out our core app devs where 
possible. Check out the issues facing the core apps via 
http://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/smokeng/trusty/touch/ and fix them. Propose 
merges once the fixes are ready. Add me if you lack a phablet device and 
need me to double check and ensure it fixes things :-)

Thanks everyone!

Nicholas