16:04:18 #startmeeting Fedora QA Meeting 16:04:18 Meeting started Mon Jan 20 16:04:18 2014 UTC. The chair is roshi. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:04:18 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:04:22 Speaking of, I hear he's the head honcho of qa at ansible these days 16:04:38 handsome_pirate: does first time count as practice? 16:04:52 roshi: Indeed 16:04:52 #meetingname fedora-qa 16:04:52 The meeting name has been set to 'fedora-qa' 16:05:03 roshi: top tip: i usually copy/paste the commands out of the previous week's log 16:05:09 ah 16:05:20 #topic Roll Call 16:05:30 tflink: btw, you going to be around post-meeting? 16:05:32 handsome_pirate, jlaska ? 16:05:39 Viking-Ice: Indeed 16:05:40 * tflink is here 16:05:45 * adamw is here 16:05:45 * mkrizek is here 16:05:49 * nonamedotc is here 16:05:52 * satellit is listening 16:05:53 handsome_pirate, I thought he just moved internally within RH 16:06:02 * kparal here 16:06:05 ended up with anaconda or something 16:06:14 roshi: adding someone else as #chair is generally a good idea in case you get disconnected 16:06:16 * handsome_pirate is, quite obviously, not here; he is, in fact, in another dimension. However, he does have his towel 16:06:18 * pschindl is still here :) 16:06:27 getting there, reading :) 16:06:27 Viking-Ice: You're thinking of wwoods 16:06:36 #chair adamw handsome_pirate 16:06:36 Current chairs: adamw handsome_pirate roshi 16:07:09 #topic Previous Meeting Followup 16:07:30 * handsome_pirate will be right back; duty calls 16:07:50 *adamw to summarize the discussion for a fesco ticket note on https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1198 16:07:50 * Martix is here 16:08:38 the EOL process for F18 is out now so they should just punt this 16:09:02 which allows us move forwards with the future of triagers 16:09:33 hello 16:09:51 I did that, and posted the note 16:10:14 https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1198#comment:24 16:10:44 Viking-Ice: jlaska moved into the cloud for a bit, then left RH last year. wwoods still works on anaconda. 16:10:57 #info adamw posted a summary discussion to the fesco ticket 16:11:07 #link https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1198#comment:24 16:11:40 anything else for this? 16:11:45 you don't need to do #links, btw 16:11:54 meetbot will automatically extract any URL as a summary item 16:11:54 ok 16:12:12 moving on to Keyboard layout release criteria proposal 16:12:16 #topic Keyboard layout release criteria proposal 16:12:52 (why would anyone want to leave RH :P) 16:12:57 adams proposal here: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2014-January/120053.html 16:12:58 lol 16:13:29 spstarr_work: all the evil gets tiring after a while 16:13:34 :) 16:13:36 spstarr_work: waking up, microwaving some puppies... 16:13:38 did that one get accepted and given our previous history we will just change that later 16:13:39 back on topic... 16:13:40 heh 16:14:17 Viking-Ice: it looks like everyone's on board, i just like to stick a topic for any pending proposals at the weekly meeting in case someone had some notes 16:15:06 depend if this wg nonsense goes forward we need to rework the criteria around base anyway so we can just move forwards as normally then adjust it later 16:15:11 of required 16:15:34 sorry, missed the beginning - for EOL, I prefer punting now but in case FESCO would want ombudsman - are were any strong objections from QA? as it could be some burden for you, someone would have to triage it and I agree with Viking-Ice - as part of some triagers reborn 16:15:53 could be revisit end of this meeting, sorry for interruption 16:16:01 no worries jreznik 16:16:01 we need firm SOP propsal for it 16:16:11 then anyone with enough free time can just jump on it and do it 16:16:32 ok, so we're good for updating the criteria 16:16:58 yeah, it sounds like no-one minds the proposal, so i'll go ahead and put it out soon 16:17:05 #info There was general consensus on the revised criteria for Keyboard layout proposed by adamw 16:17:20 that'll involve creating the f21 criteria pages and of course as viking-ice said they may need rather more radical revision for fedora.next, but we'll burn that bridge when we come to it 16:17:42 more people want to talk about EOL? 16:17:47 yeah, i think it'd be good to go back 16:17:54 seems like there's some Stuff going on in the ticket 16:18:17 #Topic EOL SOP discussion 16:18:58 so personally, I think option two - punt now is what we/I should do, it's really time to kick off scripts 16:19:05 so, um. has anyone been following the ticket? want to summarize what is being proposed? it's a lot of reading. 16:19:18 seems like FESCO thinks so, except that ombudsman part 16:19:18 i am seeing the word 'ombudsman' and reaching for my revolver. 16:19:29 ombudsman really wtf 16:19:37 what's an ombudsman? 16:19:41 but even there the consensus was more to try to set up some process for it first 16:19:50 roshi, appointed indvidual 16:19:57 hrm 16:20:01 apparently we are not good enough for fesco 16:20:06 thanks Viking-Ice 16:20:13 roshi: mailing list to complain your bug was closed 16:20:49 and probably QA should lead that mailing list - that's why nirik was not happy by having it now without your ack (and I tend to agree with him( 16:20:58 we dont need another mailinglist 16:20:59 seriously 16:21:22 throw that out the window reporters will move and retest bugs if they are still relevant 16:21:30 yeah, that seems like a byzantine process 16:21:49 adamw: I expect most would be "fix my bug" not real issues 16:21:50 but no let's create a complaining mailinglist now that's a great idea 16:21:54 Viking-Ice: can we work on that tester/triager proposal of your and try to set up an SOP for this? 16:22:06 roshi, yeah 16:22:28 good 16:22:35 I'd say punt now, and next time let it as part of triagers process by Viking-Ice 16:22:45 a mailing list open to public posting ... given how much spam comes to owner aliases, that seems like a questionable idea, at best 16:22:48 i can help with testing/triaging 16:23:11 if you could state it to the ticket as QA agreement, it would help me to move on 16:23:11 i'm not honestly sure any of the proposals makes anything better than it is now. so, i guess i'd be +1 punt. 16:23:23 #info Viking-Ice and roshi to develop SOP for EOL included in the triager/tester proposal 16:23:24 adamw: ^^^ one line above 16:23:31 punt makes sense to me 16:23:59 anyone against punt and plan for next go around? 16:24:29 proposed: QA doesn't think any of the proposed improvements sounds great, and any change to the process should involve all stakeholders: we suggest FESCo punt on the question for now and consider viking-ice's triage revamp and post any future proposals to the change the process to relevant groups' lists 16:24:40 ack 16:24:55 ack 16:25:28 anyone else? 16:25:37 ack 16:26:16 #agreed QA doesn't think any of the proposed improvements sounds great, and any change to the process should involve all stakeholders: we suggest FESCo punt on the question for now and consider viking-ice's triage revamp and post any future proposals to change the process to relevant groups' lists 16:26:16 * nonamedotc wonders if his ack counts :) 16:26:22 nonamedotc: it sure does 16:26:24 it counts nonamedotc 16:26:25 :) 16:26:42 alright, onward and upward 16:26:54 #topic 10-Year anniversary shirts 16:27:20 * pwhalen stumbles in late 16:27:37 Does anyone not want theirs? was the question adamw had in the agenda for today 16:28:04 to what end have people ship theirs back? 16:28:10 * satellit have they been sent out yet...None here yet 16:28:28 and btw mess like this is why we never approved any carroting in QA in thepast 16:28:47 ( hero's of QA can have the exact same negative effectt ) 16:28:55 I sensed some confusion with this 10 year shirt thing, between "who wants a shirt" and "You're on a list" 16:29:31 or was that just me? 16:29:57 Viking-Ice: I think the initial thought was Fedora proper was looking for contributors for their push - not a QA specific thing 16:29:59 @roshi: that confusion was definitely there in @test I think .... 16:30:07 roshi, it's the classic who got forgotten 16:30:15 for sure 16:30:17 there are whole teams missing 16:30:34 even the systemd section is way off 16:30:58 * roshi isn't yet familiar enough with the whole fedora ecosystem to know 16:31:03 Viking-Ice: you did not complain when you got your Schrodinger's cat t-shirt last time... 16:31:11 it was the same process 16:31:19 sorry, was writing a note on the fesco ticket 16:31:36 kparal, I picked that one up in brno 16:31:42 the t-shirt process was a project-wide thing 16:31:44 I did not know there was a process I think 16:31:59 Viking-Ice: sure, but it was the same thing, you just picked it locally instead of being mailed to you 16:32:02 and shroedeingsr cat was wider process then 10th annivesary 16:32:03 i don't know who was in charge of it or how the whole process ran or anything. all's I know is i got a mail asking for a list of QA contributors. 16:32:41 what i wanted to ask today was just whether anyone on the list of recipients is not really a schwag t-shirt person and would just leave it sitting in a drawer or something, and if so, consider giving it up so we can send it to someone who wants it more 16:32:57 if everyone on the list is happy to be getting a shirt, then there's nothing to be done afaik 16:33:11 the anaconda team is not even there 16:33:35 we were dealing just with QA list 16:33:44 are they represented by another team? 16:33:45 yes I know 16:33:54 that's what I was thinking is, this is just QA 16:34:00 and the entire unity team is missing form that one 16:34:25 it might be good to contact the ambassadors then 16:34:26 but understandable since adam has no history longer then what 5 years 16:34:58 but anyway we are powerless adding forgotten people 16:35:08 so, is there anything else we can do here? 16:35:09 Viking-Ice: yeah, as i said, i kinda dropped the ball a bit, and i feel bad - i should either have brought it to the list or actually got around to doing the first 5 years research. 16:35:11 * roshi thinks not 16:35:18 but now it's too late :/ sorry. 16:35:42 you could have simply reached out to people that have been here longer then that 16:35:43 Viking-Ice: and yeah, nearly exactly five years, i joined at start of feb 2009. 16:36:14 Viking-Ice: i did actually mail poelcat and had the first five years of ML archives ready to inspect, i just somehow never quite got to it 16:36:23 anyway what is done is done and this is prime example why we choice at the time not have any carrot processes in QA 16:36:24 always some other fire to put out :( 16:36:30 people always get left out 16:36:50 and explain why I was against hero's of QA 16:37:19 Viking-Ice: i tend to make that same argument myself, i always feel bad about people getting left out, but otoh, it is kinda nice to hand stuff out, and at least it wasn't $200 visa cards or something - just a t-shirt. it's nice for the people who get them, and i hope anyone who didn't understands it means we don't think they suck or something. :) 16:37:57 well, nothing to do here so onto Open Floor if there's no objection 16:37:57 I dislike any process that cause fragmentation 16:38:08 and these are such processes 16:38:39 #topic Open Floor 16:39:07 how's taskotron coming? 16:39:16 adamw: of course wearing the shirt you shouldn't ;) its a special one and it will fade if worn too much :/ 16:39:33 it's coming along 16:39:44 http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/automation.png 16:39:53 now if everyone got 2 one to put into a frame the other to wear :) 16:39:58 * kparal working on wiki docs at the moment, rehauling QA/Tools page 16:40:06 oh, in re taskotron: fesco has helpfully sent us an idea for an automated test, just the kind of thing we were short of ;) https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1223#comment:5 16:40:21 got quite a few tickets filed last week and have been working on docs and getting code in more useful places 16:40:34 Viking-Ice: heheh. 16:41:05 adamw: we have a nice bucket of test ideas in our autoqa trac, we can add it there not to get it lost 16:41:16 it's probably there already, but take a look 16:41:23 * kparal will read it 16:41:34 is it a bucket, or more of a septic tank? :P 16:41:44 bucket sounds better 16:41:54 large, overstuffed, smells a bit, dubious things leaking from the back... 16:42:01 yeah, a bucket 16:42:08 * tflink is going to be pestering folks on ticket progress this week :) 16:42:53 test ideas are exactly what we need right now 16:43:05 I'm in the midst of writing a setup tutorial for taskotron right now 16:43:12 roshi: great 16:43:13 xellent 16:43:51 did I miss it? 16:43:56 * handsome_pirate returns 16:43:59 heh 16:44:15 danofsatx: yes, whatever 'it' is 16:44:38 you had one job danofsatx, to catch 'it' 16:44:39 the QA meeting :( I was busy and fergot 16:44:41 one job 16:44:45 :p 16:45:07 live grenade toshin sucks to be last 16:45:10 mean tossing 16:45:17 to catch 'it' 16:45:20 ;) 16:45:34 lol 16:45:48 well, anyone have anything else? 16:45:57 i can't think of much really 16:46:15 just a general note: we do have lots of things we can work on even though it's quiet time 16:46:43 aside from tooling work, we can be doing karma testing on 19 and 20, running rawhide, even testing installs from the nightlies 16:46:46 adamw, next time you get request like this it's better that you just let me or some that has actually been here longer then 5 years to take care of it 16:47:02 kparal, has been here for what 6 - 7 years or so 16:47:03 Viking-Ice: yeah, like i said, the obvious thing was to bring it to the list, i should've done that 16:47:13 kparal actually forwarded it to me :) 16:47:32 hot potato tossing 16:47:47 * kparal nods 16:47:52 for more structural work, we could be writing package-specific test cases, improving the validation test cases and release criteria (that's what i'm looking at) 16:47:55 lots of stuff to be doing! 16:48:15 * adamw notes this is mostly a lecture to himself not to spend his week working on OSM 16:48:17 adamw: Want to write a few tasks? 16:48:25 adamw: is there a list of things to do? 16:48:30 roshi: that was it ;) 16:48:31 somewhere on teh wiki? 16:48:31 adamw: package specific test cases - for karma testing? 16:48:33 adamw: maybe you could compile an email to test list? it could wake up somebody 16:48:49 kparal: email's a good idea, i'll write up something in a bit more detail with wiki links and stuff 16:49:00 awesome 16:49:02 nonamedotc: yup - see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_package_test_plan_creation 16:49:06 roshi: I think the list of things is on the Join page? 16:49:15 we could add more stuff like adamw just mentioned 16:49:18 kparal: it's mostly that, yeah. 16:50:00 that page is more "hey, pick a thing!" whereas I was wondering about "Hey, we have down time from release validation - here are the things we need done before fedora.next" 16:50:14 * nonamedotc says "I have not seen that page before. Too bad" ... :( 16:50:15 the email should be good though 16:50:32 roshi: there isn't an awful lot that we know for sure absolutely must get done, right now 16:50:44 or do until 16:50:50 it's more that there are a lot of areas we *can* improve with the time we have 16:50:59 right 16:51:32 i think the most high priority things we know about for sure are 'get taskotron up and running, and the most important tests like depcheck', and fixing the most obvious problems with the criteria and validation tests that we noted in 20 cycle 16:51:45 mainly the storage stuff we've already discussed to some extent, but cmurf and I should kickstart that back up again 16:51:55 * satellit_e is it productive to test install (rawhide) lives or is it too early? 16:52:01 satellit: it can't hurt anything 16:52:02 well btrfs is that going to land in F21 16:52:10 Viking-Ice: my guess is no, but who knows. 16:52:19 need Permissive still last time I looked 16:52:26 josef hanging to much on FB 16:52:27 lol 16:53:13 #action adamw to post a summary of our position on EOL to the FESCo ticket 16:53:26 #action adamw to post a mail to test@ highlighting things we can be working on during the 'quiet time' 16:54:13 i think that's all i got... 16:54:22 thanks to roshi for running the meeting, btw 16:54:34 np 16:54:39 thanks for actioning yourself 16:55:01 * roshi lights the analog fuse 16:55:22 digital fuse sounds like a really bad idea 16:55:27 10BOOM 16:55:44 lol 16:56:12 always safer to go analog 16:56:20 EMP won't render this useless 16:56:32 :) 16:57:53 * nonamedotc thinks that the fuse is quite looong ;) 16:58:03 * handsome_pirate snips the fuse 16:58:24 handsome_pirate: wouldn't that put it out? 16:58:37 Technically, no :) 16:58:43 well, I was going to run the clock out 16:58:44 :P 16:58:53 #endmeeting