Package Testing Wily Cycle

[elfy]

This cycle we're not going to be using the package tracker at all. [1]

We'll be relying on users out there who are able to run tests when they
can to flag issues, for example with the applications they are using or
with odd theme problems.

More importantly if you are able to run the dev version for longer
periods of time, then your observations and reports are likely to be
more useful than a one-time run of any predetermined test we have.

If in addition you are able to run the dev version with our daily
testing PPA's that will be of great help to the dev's.

For themes and icons use the Shimmer daily PPA. This PPA will include
updates to the LibreOffice theme we will be using.

https://launchpad.net/~shimmerproject/+archive/ubuntu/daily?field.series_filter=wily

For packages that we include for testing use the Staging PPA, currently
this only has 2 packages, as the cycle ages this is likely to increase.

https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/xubuntu-staging?field.series_filter=wily

Please use ubuntu-bug package to send bugs through to Launchpad when you
find them. Once Launchpad has finished its processing please ensure that
it is tagged with wily.

When you run into bugs for packages included in PPAs ubuntu-bug will not
let you automatically send bug to Launchpad. In these cases you should
be able to manually enter your bug.

Manually reporting bugs means that you will need to enter the wily tag
yourself, this can be found near the bottom of the page under Extra Options.

It also helps if bugs you find with xfce packages could be reported on
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/

We can then link the xfce bug to the Launchpad bug you've reported.

As always, people are happy to help if you let them - either on mailing
list here or the IRC channel.

For more information on contributing to our QA please visit
http://xubuntu.org/contribute/qa/

[1] http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker