[ubuntu-studio-users] Testing for the coming Ubuntu Studio Zesty Release (17.04)

[Ross Gammon]

There was an announcement on the Ubuntu Development Announce list. Zesty
is now frozen.

The first Release Candidate will be available today (Friday) or Saturday.

Cheers,

Ross
On 04/06/2017 08:37 PM, Ross Gammon wrote:
>
> Hi Pedro,
>
> It's not just you. :-)
>
> Some of the release team are USA based, and I can sometimes be ready
> for bed here in Europe before there is some action. Or sometimes there
> is a last minute bug somewhere that they want to fix first.
>
> If you are keen to get started, it wouldn't hurt to zsync the Zesty
> Daily image. It will only be one day old, and probably not too much
> different. Then if you want to test again another day with the real 
> release candidate, it won't take very long to zsync the changes.
>
> Thanks for helping out.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ross
> PS: We on the release team normally get an email when the image is
> ready. I will forward that as soon as I see it.
>
> On 06/04/17 17:54, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
>> Hi Ross
>>
>> Is it just me?
>>
>> None of the http links in that webpage are working.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Pedro Ribeiro
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Ross Gammon <rosco at ubuntustudio.org
>> <mailto:rosco at ubuntustudio.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi All,
>>
>>     The Zesty release is right around the corner and there will be
>>     release
>>     candidates published starting on April 6th. The release is
>>     planned for April 13th.
>>
>>     The date is not so convenient for people that take Easter
>>     holidays, so in anticipating a shortage of our normal testers, we
>>     are reaching out (no - begging) for extra people to come forward
>>     to test the Release Candidate ISOs during that week, to help make
>>     it a successful release.
>>
>>     The release candidates will appear here when they are ready:
>>     http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker
>>     <http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker>
>>     And there are instructions on how to use the tracker and the
>>     process to conduct the tests linked from there.
>>
>>     Please DO NOT do the tests on your favourite machine, in case
>>     something goes wrong. Use a spare machine, or do it in a Virtual
>>     Machine (a spare hard disk can be used - but only if you know
>>     what you are doing - we don't want you to accidentally install
>>     over your working hard disk!).
>>
>>     It takes time to get set up for the tests, so please prepare
>>     early. You can also do a practice run using the Zesty Daily image.
>>
>>     If you get into trouble, please sing out here or on IRC. And
>>     please report "positive" tests on the tracker, as well as submit
>>     bugs for problems you find.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>
>>     Ross
>>     Test Team Lead
>>
>>
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