Recently there has been a huge push for quality in Ubuntu. The goal is to have a stable and usable daily image of the development version of Ubuntu. To do this, the QA teams have spent a lot of time writing tests and manually testing everything in Ubuntu to ensure this high level quality. The QA Team is also developing the QA Dashboard to display all of the results from the testing that is being performed. The goal of the QA Dashboard is to start at high level overviews of testing results, and drill down to the small details that make up the overall big picture to give users and developers the ability to quickly and easily be able to identify that a problem exists, determine the cause of the problem and then fix the problem. Certain tests or types of tests are part of what we call ‘key performance indicators' or KPI. These key performance indicators will give someone a very quick overview of the quality of today's Ubuntu image.
Of the types of testing that is being done, the smoke testing is the most important one. Smoke testing is the most basic level of what to test. Essentially, does it install and after it installs does it work? If the image doesn't install, none of the other testing can be completed. Infact, the daily builds .. cntd
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