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Questions tagged [quality]

Quality is more than just a buzzword, it's a way of ensuring ubuntu represents the best work from everyone. These questions are about how to get involved with helping make ubuntu deliver those "just work" experiences.

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The Quality team is the oil that lubricates the cogs of the engine that is Ubuntu. As a team, we help to ensure that the releases of many different teams work properly, ensuring there work is showcased in a good way.

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How can I contact the Ubuntu Quality team?

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How do I get involved with testing and QA with Ubuntu?

I'd like to get involved with Ubuntu QA by creating automated tests. Is there an ongoing effort to create these tests? Where can I learn more?
David Siegel
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Strategy to deal with Canonical's increasingly poor QA?

My installed (local or obsolete) category is filling up because Canonical lately has been pushing out updates and then pulling them back. It's happened with two kernels in the recent past and it happened again with cups this morning. I've been…
Organic Marble
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How do I contribute an autopilot test?

What is autopilot and how do I contribute to a new autopilot testcase for a package ?
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How do I submit a full bug report with crash dump and steps to reproduce?

I have found a reproducable crash bug in xserver-xephyr. When I run the following command: apport-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xephyr.1000.crash it sends a whoopsie report and does not ask me for any extra information such as how to reproduce the bug,…
Alistair Buxton
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Is it ok to enable proposed updates during Ubuntu's development cycle?

I like to run the development releases of Ubuntu (alpha, beta, whatever). Is there any reason why I shouldn't enable proposed updates for Ubuntu before Ubuntu is released as stable? Are proposed updates different after a stable Ubuntu release?
Jeremy Bicha
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How do I contribute a manual testcase to ubuntu?

I have a piece of software I like and enjoy using. I want to help make sure the new version is well tested by making a testcase to ensure functionality and prevent regressions. How can I contribute a manual testcase for a package?
balloons
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How do I test an image of ubuntu using the test tracker?

I've downloaded a ubuntu image and I would like to run some tests against that image. How can I test the image on my machine? What tests are available to run and how can I report my results and bugs?
balloons
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FFMPEG -> how to keep the original audio quality during conversion?

'-ab' option is related to audio quality? how to say ffmpeg to keep the original audio quality during conversion?
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How to interpret errors.ubuntu.com graph data?

The graph and bar chart at the Ubuntu Error reports page seem to contain a lot of information. But I'm puzzled about the meaning of some of the values, and the page doesn't refer to any documentation. What does the "frequency" column measure, in…
nealmcb
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Does cancelling the operation while copying a .mkv file split it into 2 parts?

I was copying a movie (.mkv) file from pen drive to PC (Ubuntu) and it showed error while copying, so I had to cancel it. The file size was 3.2 GB. Now the file on Pen drive still shows size 3.2 GB but there's also a file on my PC of 311 MB. Did…
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What is the recomended application set for QA/tester's suite in Ubuntu?

I work in SQA as Test manager/Tester and I want to get more from my Ubuntu desktop. Unfortunately Ubuntu does not have much software in repository for this task. Can you recommend set of Linux applications a software tester should have and…
Dee
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Can we have broken software removed from the Software Center?

The Ubuntu Software Center does a fantastic job of inviting new users to explore and try out the software in Ubuntu's repositories. I don't have much experience with it but recently decided to give it a go. I searched for a topic of my interest and…
ændrük
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Laptop's speakers sound bad. Poor sound quality

Problem: laptop's speakers sound quality is much worse than in windows. How to address this issue in Ubuntu 18.04?
Nat Azodnem
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Youtube only show videos in 360p quality in Firefox Developer Edition

I've been having this issue with Firefox Developer Edition (FDE) on Youtube, where it show videos only in 360p quality, there's also an "Auto" option, which is also, the 360p quality. I'm in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Here's an example of a video that I know…
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How do I contribute an autopkg test to ubuntu?

How do I contribute an autopkg test for a ubuntu package?
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