Hi all,

Welcome to the Testing Squad!!

Let me start with some clarifications about the Testing Squad, this team is intended to test software done inside the community by volunteers, not software done by Nokia or new FW images(this can happens, if Nokia continue picking beta testers inside the community), so if someone have questions about that please shout .

I've started a page for the Testing Squad[1], feel free to add more relevant information, I also started a quick check list to help developers preparing their applications for testing[2], please help improving these pages.

My initial plan is very simple, we'll start this way, and keep improving our way of working with your suggestions:

* Each week a member of the Testing Squad posts a list of applications that should be tested during that week.(here and in a appropriated thread at talk.maemo.org)
* The testers test the applications freely in their free time.
* In the end of the week a evaluation is made and any pending issue is discussed among the team.


My initial plan is to test 15 apps per week(3-A-Day) in the beginning in order to clean the testing queue, I expect that this number will decrease a bit in the next weeks.

Please read carefully the Testing Squad page[1] before start, if you've questions feel free to ask them here or in the relevant thread at talk.maemo.org.

In the next hours I'll post the list of apps for this weekend(only 5), will do the same next Sunday, then this task will rotate among the members of the Testing Squad, it's a very simple task.

[1] - http://wiki.maemo.org/Testing_Squad
[2] - http://wiki.maemo.org/Prepare_your_a...on_for_testing

Originally Posted by Sasler

Can I have two different versions of the same app in Extras-testing at the same time? If possible, is it recommended?

The reason I'm asking is that I have a version in Extras-testing, which is only a minor update compared to the version in Extras. It already has enough votes. I just need to wait for the quarantine time to end before I can promote it.

But now I made a new version which has pretty major changes in Extras-devel. While I tested as well as I can by myself, I need feedback. However, I can't seem to get enough of tester in Extras-devel, so I though of promoting it to Extras-testing for having more people testing it. Is this recommended?

Originally Posted by VDVsx

I intentionally left out some applications because these are Command Line Applications(new rules will be announced)

Originally Posted by RipTorn

so command line programs aren't tested in these testing squad?

Originally Posted by dwould

From my experience promoting one version to extras-testing appears to 'unpromote' the verison that was there, or something like that. So I don't think you can co-exist two versions.

Originally Posted by VDVsx

Will be when all the rules for these apps are decided and in place(should be soon).

Originally Posted by fatalsaint

Would that include GUI apps that depend on other command line apps?

Take Bratag's and my Pianobar front-ends... pianobar is a command line app that would be exempted from your testing.. but the GUI's wouldn't be.. but if I understand the current system properly: if either of our GUI apps gets tested and voted up.. then when we promote it drags the dependencies too (since it's assumed that if an app that depends on another app worked fine.. then the other must have as well)..

Originally Posted by VDVsx

Exactly, you can't have apps with the same name in testing, unless there's some bug in the system.
If the version currently in -testing is just a small fix why not promote the version in -devel now ?