Benefits: Make pre-release testing more professional. Requirements: Python knowledge, latest GNOME build

Proper applications testing is one of very important aspects of software development. The goal of this task is to start desktop UI testing suite that will help release maintainer to check that everything works properly.

Initial package can consist of 30 python scripts which will test core functionality of the desktop. Presence and basic functionality of all GNOME apps must be tested. You can use LDTP recorder and/or hand-written scripts.

Links:

http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/

Estimated time: 7 days

Primary contact: Nickolay V. Shmyrev <nshmyrev@yandex.ru>

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hi ninjatails, welcome on board! if you have any questions, just ask here or contact nickolay directly. our irc channel for GHOP is #gnome-love on irc.gimp.org.

I would like to support any queries related to LDTP.

No problem from me really, it was just an idea. It would be very good to get this very important work finally done.

Hi Ninjatails,

I can be reached as of now through emails nagappan at gmail dot com.

Thanks Nagappan

hi ninjatails, what is your status, can you please report? we've already pasted the estimated time period for this task. if you have any problems, please ask :)

no feedback from the student, reopening this task.

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Completed, though untested by anyone other than me.

Attached is a .tar.gz file with the 30 scripts in it, that should all work. Please let me know of any bugs so I can fix them.

Task is completed, thanks a lot Josh. I hope we'll continue cooperation on UI testing further.