[Libreoffice-qa] about moztrap attachment missing :(

[Thomas Hackert]

Hello Yifan, *,
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:51:19AM +0800, Yifan Jiang wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 07:02:02PM +0100, Thomas Hackert wrote:
> > > You are right and the situation can be more than that. Say we have
> > > three "Versions" as 0, 3.5, 4.0:
> > > 
> > >     1. When creating a new test case:
> > > 
> > >         - Select "0" in the Version field
> > > 
> > >         - Check on "And Later Versions" box besides "Version" field
> > > 
> > >             => this case will be saved for EVERY VERSIONs that LATER
> > >             than 0, which are 3.5 and 4.0 here.
> > > 
> > >             This is why 0 is a proper "base version", that Moztrap is
> > >             smart to internally identify different versions
> > >             chronologically: 4.0 is later than 3.5, 0 is ealier than
> > >             $everything.
> > 
> > But how do you write a test, if you just want it to be used for new
> > functions – e.g. for the upcoming version 4.1 and later?
> 
> To add this case, follow the situation 2 as below, keeping the check
> box off :) Later on, when creating futher test versions (like 4.2,
> 4.3), we "branch" version 0.

O.K.

> > >     2. And as you said, in the the situation that the box above
> > >        is not checked when adding a case, there's still a chance to add
> > >        the case into other versions one by one by clicking the "+x
> > >        (add this version)" button.
> > 
> > Do you have to assign the test manually to every version then?
> 
> Yes, as I understand, the first situation is the *only* chance to add
> a test case to all existing versions in batch. 

O.K.

> > > > Just out of curiosity: When I start translating a test, would it keep
> > > > the version number 0 or would it become version 1 then?
> > > 
> > > It's version 0 by default as mentioned. See the top right version
> > > field if you wanna confirm when translating:
> > 
> > I thought, translating and saving my translated part, would count as a
> > new version or so ... ;)
> 
> Nah, VERSION is a Moztrap internal concept tightly related with test
> case, instead of instructions.

O.K.

> > > > > Just in case, in practice, the 'version' operation of a test case can
> > > > > be found on the right top corner when you edit a case like:
> > > > > 
> > > > >     http://manual-test.libreoffice.org/manage/caseversion/419/
> > > 
> > > > > Leave other uninteresting cases for other people who may be interested
> > > > > in them. That is to say, other people can see which cases have been
> > > > > executed by you, and vice versa :)
> > > > 
> > > > Would this be NL specific or would I see all testers?
> > > 
> > > What does it mean "NL speific"? All results are equally sharable and
> > > people do not special permission to see results.
> > 
> > "Native language" ... ;) Is there a possibility to see team member $X
> > from the Germanophone project, where he is testing and the like? I would
> > like to see some kind of filter to filter testers, so I am able to see,
> > where they are testing, which test failed on them and the like
> > ... ;)
> 
> Good idea, I also want to have a contribution list in a visible place.

That would be great :)

> The features were not in Moztrap at the moment, but I'd love to put it
> on my working list :) For your specific idea, would you like to open
> an enhancement bug and assign it to me?

At b.f.o or the one for Moztrap itself at mozilla.org?

> > And I have two further questions:
> > 1. When I edit (translate) a test, there is a pulldown menu at the
> > bottom of the page, where I can choose between "active" (which seems to
> > be the default), "disabled" and "draft". What happens, if I use "draft"?
> > Is this related to the whole test case, or is there a possibility to use
> > "draft" for my translation?
> 
> The status is for the whole test case.

O.K.

> > 2. On the top of the page there is a button named "Install as Open Web
> > App". What is this? To install on a cell phone or the like?
> 
> It looks like that, see upstream test case for Moztrap:
> 
> https://moztrap.mozilla.org/results/cases/?pagenumber=1&pagesize=20&sortfield=created_on&sortdirection=desc&filter-name=web+app&filter-name=open+web+app

Ah, O.K. Thanks for the link :)
Have a nice evening, nice Easter days and the like
Thomas.

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