Thunderbird:Current QA TestDay

Welcome to the Thunderbird 2 Release Candidate Community Test Day!

The official time for the test day is Friday, March 9, 2007, from 7am - 5pm PST, but you can try out Litmus any time!

We are at zero stop ship bugs for Thunderbird 2. The build team is really busy right now and we don't have 'official' Release Candidate builds yet. So we're going to take the nightly branch builds and treat them as

Thanks for helping us and being a part of the Mozilla QA Community!

FAQ

Where do I start?

• Use your favorite IRC client:
  • Windows clients
  • MacOS clients
  • Linux clients
  • Firefox client
• Connect to irc.mozilla.org
  • In most clients, this is done by typing /server irc.mozilla.org and hitting Enter.
• Join the #testday channel
  • In most clients, typing /join #testday will get you into the channel.

Ok, I am in the channel, now what?

• Let the moderators know if you have any questions or encounter any problems.
• If you are not familiar with our Bugzilla bug tracking system, feel free to report your problems to a moderator and they can log any bugs for you.
• Get to know others in the channel and have fun!

What build/release should I test?

Thunderbird 2 Release Candidate Builds:

• We are still waiting for official RC builds. Until they are available, please use the latest nightly builds.

Thunderbird 2 Nightly Builds:

• en-US: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8
• L10n: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8-l10n

What needs to be tested?

The easiest thing to do...

• We recently landed Vista support for Thunderbird. If you have access to Vista, try some of the tests suggested: here. If you have time, run the Thunderbird Windows Vista tests on Litmus.

If you want to do more...

• Go to Litmus, our test tracking system.
  • Try running a smoketest on any of the builds, or the Fun Smoketest (Surf's Up!)
  • Try running through any number of Basic Functional Tests (BFTs)

If you discover a bug or regression that you feel is critical, please let us know on the #testday IRC channel ASAP!

Where do I find Litmus?

• Go to Litmus
• log in and then select run tests
• You can do a smoketest or a Basic Functional Test, it is entirely up to you!
• Talk to a moderator if you need help.
• Please make sure to choose the correct platform when you start your run.

Who will be moderating the #testday channel?

The moderator's nicks are:

• mscott
• bienvenu

How do I file bugs?

First of all, let one of the moderators know so they can check if it is already a known problem. Then they can guide you to either provide more details, update an existing bug or file a new bug. If filing a new bug, please do a quick check to see if the bug already exists. This can easily be done by searching for the error message, window name, or some over identifing feature of the bug.

How do I send feedback?

Please use the [1] to send feedback about how the testday went, any overall thoughts about the latest release, and roll up of issues found and bugs filed. We really appreciate your help today and your feedback is very valuable.