Testers Hardware...

[Yaakov Nemoy]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:56 PM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg at hi.is> wrote:
>
> Yaakov Nemoy wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:05 PM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg at hi.is>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think it would be good to gather a little HW info on everybody's
> testing
> > > > gear in this thread.
> > > >
> > > > There are numerous advantages for testers to know each others HW..
> > > >
> > > > So I will start..
> > > >
> > > > The gear I use for testing is..
> > > >
> > > > Dell inspiron 6000. ( i686 )
> > > >
> http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_b9b84fa4-4248-4c6d-8a4e-904f04246a13
> > > >
> > > > And
> > > >
> > > > Lenovo Thinkpad T61p 6457-CTO Penryn. ( x86_64 )
> > > >
> http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_1536ec85-61c8-49d4-aeaa-3852a20d5d29
> > > >
> > > > Best regards.
> > > >                 Johann B.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >  Just thought it would be a good idea for testers to know each others
> > > hardware
> > >  encase developer needed bug testing on specific hardware ( amd, intel,
> > > i686, x86_bit, ppc,ati,nvidia etc..)
> > >
> > >  Also if some testers came across a bug other tester could see if they
> could
> > > duplicate it and so on..
> > >
> > >  Apparently it was an lame idea, so let's just drop it.
> > >
> > >  Best regards.
> > >                   Johann B.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Not really a lame idea.  I came up with public profiles, just so that
> > we could do that.  I was actually happy to see you doing it.  I think
> > the best place though is to put it somewhere useful though, like in
> > your bug reports.
> >
> > -Yaakov
> >
> >
> >
>  I actually think it's better to get it here, let others tester test it on
> same or similar hardware or different.
>  Testers can then duplicate/confirm it + most bugzappers if not all or on
> this list and it saves time if needinfo is needed ( more have tested )
>
>  We would deliver more of cold cut confirmed bugs to bugzilla and other
> tester would be informerd that this has been reported ( if it has been that
> is )
>  following by a bug number, this would deliver less bugs/duplicates in
> bugzilla hence minimizing the overall bug reports/footprint.
>
>  Now when F9 is around the corner developers might need triage of bugs to a
> certain tester with specific hardware then i think its
>  good if they knew which tester possessed that certain hardware and
> developers only needed to contact wwoods or jds2001 or post to this list
>  and a bug hunt meeting could be arrange between the testers and the
> developers.
>
>  Surfing through bugzilla to find the right people with the right hardware
> and or setup might take time...

I see what you mean.  Perhaps we need some way of adding smolt
profiles to Fas, with a flag that says 'ask me for testing help.'
This way we can sift through that data that way.

-Yaakov