The following page details a buddy system for cross-training and skill redundancy within the Desktop QA team.

Areas of Expertise

Firefox Desktop Release Automation

Firefox desktop release automation involves preparing and executing the functional and update Mozmill test automation for every Firefox release, as well as triaging and reporting the results.

Expert: Anthony Hughes (irc: ashughes)

Buddies:

• Juan Becerra (irc: juanb): proficient
• Jason Smith (irc: jsmith): on-boarding

Tasks/Skills:

• Creating a config file
• Uploading the config file to Jenkins and ensuring the tests are started
• Parsing and interpreting the Mozmill dashboard results
• Updating test plans with results as per template
• Correlating results to existing bugs and filing new bugs as appropriate
• Ensuring functional tests are automatically run, triggering them manually if necessary

Documentation:

• links to important website and documentation

Firefox Desktop CrashKill