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<p>LibreOffice 6.1 is due to be released in <a
href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/6.1#6.1.0_release">mid
August 2018</a>, with many new features (those already
implemented are summarized on the <a
href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1">release
notes page</a>, with much more still to come).</p>
<p>In order to find, report and triage bugs, the Quality Assurance
(QA) community is organizing the first Bug Hunting Session for
LibreOffice 6.1 on <strong>Friday, April 27, 2018</strong>. All
details are available on the specific <a
href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHuntingSession/6.1.0Alpha">wiki
page.</a></p>
<p>In order to find, report and triage bugs, the tests during the
First Bug Hunting Session will be performed on the first Alpha
version of LibreOffice 6.1, which will be <a
href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHuntingSession/6.1.0Alpha#How_to_Test_it">available
on the pre-releases server</a> on the day of the event. Builds
will be available for Linux (DEB and RPM), macOS and Windows, and
can be run in parallel with the production version – so you can
test without affecting your existing stable installation.</p>
<p><a
href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHuntingSession/6.1.0Alpha#Mentors">Mentors</a>
will be available on April 27th 2018, from <strong>8AM UTC to 8PM
UTC</strong> for questions or help in the IRC channel: <a
href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#libreoffice-qa">#libreoffice-qa</a>
(<a
href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.freenode.net/#libreoffice-qa">connect
via webchat</a>) and its <a href="https://t.me/LibreOffice_QA">Telegram
bridge</a>. Of course, hunting bugs will be possible also on
other days, as the builds of this particular Alpha release
(LibreOffice 6.1.0 Alpha1) will be available until the end of May.</p>
<p>During the day there will be two <a
href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHuntingSession/6.1.0Alpha#Dedicated_sessions">dedicated
sessions</a> focus on two of the <a
href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/01/29/tdf-uses-tendering-process-improve-libreoffice-share-knowledge-community/">tenders</a>
implemented in LibreOffice 6.1: The first to test the <a
href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/05/02/tender-improve-image-handling-libreoffice-201705-01/">improvements
on the image handling</a> between 10AM UTC and 12AM UTC, and the
second to test the <a
href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/05/04/tender-implement-hsqldb-binary-format-import-libreoffice-201705-03/">HSQLDB
import filter for firebird</a> between 14PM UTC and 16PM UTC.</p>
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Xisco Faulí
Libreoffice QA Team
IRC: x1sc0</pre>
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