Songbird Blog » qa http://blog.songbirdnest.com Play music. Play the Web. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 All Along the Watchfolder http://blog.songbirdnest.com/2009/02/10/all-along-the-watchfolder/ http://blog.songbirdnest.com/2009/02/10/all-along-the-watchfolder/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:04:15 +0000 ali http://blog.songbirdnest.com/?p=960 Songbird’s new Watch Folders feature is nearly complete.  It took about 30 packages of Oreos, one mustache, and at least 20 remixes and covers of the Ghostbusters theme song to make it happen, but it’s done.

However… it is not yet tested.  We want your help.  We are willing to pay you in the most valuable Bird currency of all, which is the prized Songbird schwag package.  A tee shirt of your choosing is included!  (Have you seen how awesome our shirts are?)

Here’s the deal: the first 10 community members to find three good bugs in the Watch Folders functionality win the schwag.  And yes, we’ll totally ship overseas.  If you want to help out, full details are available at http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/QA/Bug_Hunting.

Thanks from the Songbird QA team!

(P.S. Send more Oreos!)

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  • Improve Your Bug Writing: We have posted a recommended New Bug Template to ensure we get the details needed up front to move your bugs along the runway quickly. Information on Common Duplicates for single stop check in on high profile issues we already know about in QA.
  • Community Test Runs: Songbird QA is using Litmus to write, run and document testcase execution. We will be setting up ongoing community test runs for you to help make the bird rock solid. A sanity test run for 1.0rc1 is up and ready for take off…so come on and join the flight in progress!
  • Helpful Testing HowTos: Check out the Helpful Information section on our QA Home Page to learn how to add Crash Reporter IDs to your bug reports as well as other assistance to support your testing .

So fly on over and give 1.0rc1 a test flight! And enjoy the ride….

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When you write a bug against a device, it is very important to include not only the OS and Songbird app version that you are using, but also the Addon version and device model.

Here is a template/example you can paste into the top of your Bugzilla descriptions that would help Songbird QA reproduce your issue more easily for a quick turnaround/response:

OS: Mac i686 10.5.2
SONGBIRD: 0.6rc3 2008060323
ADDON: MTP Device Support 1.0.4
DEVICE: Sansa View

Just cut/paste, and update the app version, OS, addon type/version and device model as appropriate.

Happy bug hunting!

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