We need more testers to the new incoming repo (how-to)

[ketoth]

As far as I know UP6 will be released no later than 2 months from now. Together with new ISO images.

UP6 as Christmas present from the Mint dev team ?
I'm really looking forward for UP6, I've decided that I will reinstall fresh from ISO but now with Cinnamon.

But like the thread's topic says: we need more testers. More people who can use a separate hard disk to check if UP6 on "incoming" works fine on the hardware. Check if all favorite software works fine (and that you can find it in the repos). Check if CPU and MEM load is correct. The more people test it with different situations, the more stable the update pack will be.

And another thing: there will be a few more APT mirrors to download from. But despite by checks on the possible available unlisted mirrors, there a "few" to "no" mirrors in the USA. USA is by far where LMDE is the most used, and it just happens that the only available server there is the official one (debian.linuxmint.com). It's already overloaded, constantly. So dear sysadmins from the USA: please, open up a repository mirror in your homeland Gonna write a quick-and-easy setup guide to help less experienced sysadmins to achieve this right.

[chemicalfan]

I don't need a seperate hard drive, I've got my sources pointed at the incoming repo! So I guess that makes me a tester of sorts, apart from I'm unaware of the bug reporting procedure (other than posting here). Is there a formalised Bugzila-type system? Is there an automatic bug reporting tool in the repo I should be using?

[zerozero]

apart from I'm unaware of the bug reporting procedure (other than posting here).

everytime an UP is released to incoming Clem opens a topic in this same sub-topic (you will see the 5 previous if you browse it)
that's where we should give our feedback.

[chemicalfan]

Thanks ZZ, isn't that a bit messy though? I mean, you could get lots of duplicate reports unless OP is meticulously updated...

[grizzler]

But like the thread's topic says: we need more testers. More people who can use a separate hard disk to check if UP6 on "incoming" works fine on the hardware. Check if all favorite software works fine (and that you can find it in the repos). Check if CPU and MEM load is correct. The more people test it with different situations, the more stable the update pack will be.

That's the theory. Something to consider is how to motivate people to be testers. Having almost everything you report ignored is not exactly motivating (I'm still having some of the problems I reported with UP3 and none of the issues I mentioned for UP5 have even been acknowledged as problems...).

I'm thinking of buying a new computer soon and I'm not even sure I'm going to install LMDE on it anymore.

[ringo32]

personally is LMDE a side distro of the main Mint, the effort they give on develop lmde is very low.... not a little updates it doesnt come when pointing on sid everyday to on a day, and personally with a test repo and testers and a bacport for firefox and other things, you could make lmde stable personally cant be an issue, can even different a week , when you maintain the stuf you can test it well but you do monthly there will be Huge data to proces and that could bring unstable, only at linux core and some hardware drivers you need much care...... when programm like minitube breaks it wouldnt care, send it as bug and it would repare it soon......

i dont see the problem... debian-testing is personally Lame, And ubuntu is good to float with the crowth but lmde could be great on the higher level....lots of people want to test, but development is verry lame as i taste .. on smaller distro it rolling everyweek and the snapshot of the repo difference a week and feeling stable too.. i dont see the problem!!

[zerozero]

just a very small face-lifting in the OP