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Subject: Re: Krita Testing Day #1: Thursday, January 7th, 2020
From: "Emmet O'Neill" <emmetoneill.pdx () gmail ! com>
Date: 2021-01-07 18:04:49
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Meeting room: https://meet.kde.org/b/emm-1qd-bcs
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:54 PM Emmet O'Neill <emmetoneill.pdx@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey there. I'm writing to let everybody know that we're having our first *Krita
> Testing Day* this *Thursday, January 7th*.
> The official start time is 20:00 CET, but because we're a global community
> with different work schedules this is an *all day, flexible schedule*
> event.
>
> -----
>
> *1. What's this all about?*
>
> Hand-on testing is a huge part of successful development; it helps to
> assess the current strengths and weaknesses of the program from the
> perspective of our users, discover obvious bugs and regressions before
> release, and gain insights that will help us plan what comes next.
>
> But while big companies have dedicated QA teams, free and open source
> projects like Krita rely mainly on their community volunteers to submit the
> bug reports and feature requests that indirectly drive development.
> This comes at two key disadvantages: (1) we're unlikely to find out about
> problems until significantly after each new release, and (2) our
> development process tends to be largely reactive to individual problems and
> wish-list items.
> And so, *Krita Testing Days are about dedicating a small amount of our
> development time *(one workday per month) *to simply using Krita, getting
> some hands-on time in with upcoming features, and thinking critically about
> the current state of Krita's user experience and work flow*.
>
> We will also be *meeting throughout the day on #Krita on IRC as well as
> https://meet.kde.org <https://meet.kde.org>!*
> *(A link to the https://meet.kde.org <https://meet.kde.org> group will be
> added to this thread when it's ready.)*
>
>
> *2. Is this a beta?*
>
> Not exactly. Beta tests are geared towards having users test a specific
> upcoming version just before release, and usually span a number of days or
> weeks.
> As developers, we're usually too busy coding to actively participate in
> beta tests, so we have to rely on a subset of our most dedicated users to
> try out beta releases.
>
> On the other hand, Krita Testing Days are about dedicating some of our
> full-time development team's resources towards testing any recent version
> (including the master branch, a nightly release, any ongoing beta branches,
> or even merge request branches).
>
> *3. So who can participate?*
>
> Anybody, of course!
>
> While this is mainly about setting aside a bit of time to get the
> development team to actually use Krita, everybody is welcome.
> As an open source project just about everything we do is open to the
> public and there are plenty of people in our community (artists, developers
> and everything in between) who can provide useful and unique insights into
> the current state and future direction of the project.
> In fact, if you're an artist who spends a considerable amount of time
> using Krita throughout the week (and you're free to share what you're
> working on) it would be super cool to have you!
>
> So, whoever you are, If you're interested and have some time to stop by on
> a weekday, please do! The more the merrier.
>
> *4. ...Do I have to?*
>
> Definitely not. If you'd prefer to work on code as you normally do, then
> that's fine too. :)
>
>
> *5. What do we do?*
>
> First and foremost, just *spend some time using Krita to draw, paint,
> animate, storyboard or edit!*
> Please test on *one or more recent builds*: master, a nightly build, an
> upcoming release, or even a pending merge request.
>
> I also recommend *taking written notes* about your thoughts and
> experiences throughout the day, as well as any bugs that you encounter or
> feature ideas that you come up with.
> As a developer you might have the inclination to jump right back into the
> code to work on something that annoys you, but that can quickly lead you
> down a rabbit hole so I would suggest just making note of it for the time
> being.
> (Some things to consider: work flow, user interface, performance,
> functionality, intuitiveness, feel, etc.)
>
> Finally, *come hang out throughout the day on #Krita and
> https://meet.kde.org <https://meet.kde.org>* where people will be
> discussing the program, sharing their artwork, and (optionally) sharing
> screens!
>
> -----
>
> So *Krita Testing Day #1 *will be on* Thursday, January 7th, 2021.*
>
> My hope is that this will be both a good use of our time and a fun thing
> to do.
> If it is, then we will make this a monthly event scheduled sometime during
> the first week of each month.
> If not, then at least we tried. ;)
> - Emmet
>
>
>
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<div dir="ltr">Meeting room: <a \
href="https://meet.kde.org/b/emm-1qd-bcs">https://meet.kde.org/b/emm-1qd-bcs</a></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:54 PM \
Emmet O'Neill <<a \
href="mailto:emmetoneill.pdx@gmail.com">emmetoneill.pdx@gmail.com</a>> \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div \
dir="ltr"><div>Hey there. I'm writing to let everybody know that we're having \
our first <b>Krita Testing Day</b> this <b>Thursday, January 7th</b>.</div><div>The \
official start time is 20:00 CET, but because we're a global community with \
different work schedules this is an <i>all day, flexible schedule</i> \
event.</div><div><br></div><div>-----<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>1. \
What's this all about?</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>Hand-on testing is a \
huge part of successful development; it helps to assess the current strengths and \
weaknesses of the program from the perspective of our users, discover obvious bugs \
and regressions before release, and gain insights that will help us plan what comes \
next.</div><div><br></div><div>But while big companies have dedicated QA teams, free \
and open source projects like Krita rely mainly on their community volunteers to \
submit the bug reports and feature requests that indirectly drive \
development.</div><div>This comes at two key disadvantages: (1) we're unlikely to \
find out about problems until significantly after each new release, and (2) our \
development process tends to be largely reactive to individual problems and wish-list \
items.</div><div>And so, <b>Krita Testing Days are about dedicating a small amount of \
our development time </b>(one workday per month) <b>to simply using Krita, getting \
some hands-on time in with upcoming features, and thinking critically about the \
current state of Krita's user experience and work \
flow</b>.<br></div><div><br></div><div>We will also be <b>meeting throughout the day \
on #Krita on IRC as well as <a href="https://meet.kde.org" \
target="_blank">https://meet.kde.org</a>!</b></div><div><i>(A link to the <a \
href="https://meet.kde.org" target="_blank">https://meet.kde.org</a> group will be \
added to this thread when it's ready.)</i><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>2. Is \
this a beta?<br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Not exactly. Beta tests are \
geared towards having users test a specific upcoming version just before release, and \
usually span a number of days or weeks.</div><div>As developers, we're usually \
too busy coding to actively participate in beta tests, so we have to rely on a subset \
of our most dedicated users to try out beta releases.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On \
the other hand, Krita Testing Days are about dedicating some of our full-time \
development team's resources towards testing any recent version (including the \
master branch, a nightly release, any ongoing beta branches, or even merge request \
branches).</div><div><b></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>3. So who can \
participate?</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Anybody, of course! \
<br></div><div><br></div><div>While this is mainly about setting aside a bit of time \
to get the development team to actually use Krita, everybody is \
welcome.<br></div><div>As an open source project just about everything we do is open \
to the public and there are plenty of people in our community (artists, developers \
and everything in between) who can provide useful and unique insights into the \
current state and future direction of the project.</div><div>In fact, if you're \
an artist who spends a considerable amount of time using Krita throughout the week \
(and you're free to share what you're working on) it would be super cool to \
have you!<br></div><div><br></div><div>So, whoever you are, If you're interested \
and have some time to stop by on a weekday, please do! The more the \
merrier.</div><div><br></div><div><b>4. ...Do I have \
to?</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Definitely not. If you'd prefer to work on \
code as you normally do, then that's fine too. \
:)<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>5. What do we \
do?<br></b></div><div><b></b><br></div><div>First and foremost, just <b>spend some \
time using Krita to draw, paint, animate, storyboard or edit!</b></div><div>Please \
test on <b>one or more recent builds</b>: master, a nightly build, an upcoming \
release, or even a pending merge request.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I also \
recommend <b>taking written notes</b> about your thoughts and experiences throughout \
the day, as well as any bugs that you encounter or feature ideas that you come up \
with.</div><div>As a developer you might have the inclination to jump right back into \
the code to work on something that annoys you, but that can quickly lead you down a \
rabbit hole so I would suggest just making note of it for the time \
being.</div><div>(Some things to consider: work flow, user interface, performance, \
functionality, intuitiveness, feel, etc.)</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, <b>come \
hang out throughout the day on #Krita and <a href="https://meet.kde.org" \
target="_blank">https://meet.kde.org</a></b> where people will be discussing the \
program, sharing their artwork, and (optionally) sharing \
screens!<br></div><div><br></div><div>-----</div><div><br></div><div>So <b>Krita \
Testing Day #1 </b>will be on<b> Thursday, January 7th, \
2021.</b></div><div><br></div><div>My hope is that this will be both a good use of \
our time and a fun thing to do.</div><div>If it is, then we will make this a monthly \
event scheduled sometime during the first week of each month.</div><div>If not, then \
at least we tried. ;)<br></div><div>- \
Emmet<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> </blockquote></div>
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