Re: testing fedora redeclipse packaging

Martin Erik Werner <martinerikwerner(a)gmail.com&gt; writes: > On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 14:38 +0200, joakim(a)verona.se wrote: >> Hello, I'm interested in testing. How should I go about it? >> >> regards, > > Hi, that would be great! :) > > The package is currently pending publication to the testing repo, but > should be there in day or so I think: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/redeclipse-1.2-10.fc17 Is it testable on F16? otherwise I need to upgrade a couple of machines which are not upgraded yet.

> There are some basic testing hints at: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_test_updatesI'm not sure what the process is with a new package, and if using a > clean system is a necessity... I'm not at all very familiar with the > Fedora process, as it were. > > If I would do a rough checklist myself: > > 1. Test installing and uninstalling of all packages: > $ yum install redeclipse redeclipse-server redeclipse-data cube2font > $ yum remove redeclipse redeclipse-server redeclipse-data cube2font > 2. Check if the game client runs, can play offline, and play on the main > online server: > $ redeclipse > $ redeclipse -x"dm bath" > $ redeclipse -x"connect play.redeclipse.net" > > 3. Test if the game server runs and is accessible via the master > server: > - Mind that a server connected to the master (for a longer time) > should follow some guidelines, and will be community-moderated, c.f. > http://redeclipse.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/redeclipse/guidelines.txt > - Default ports for RE are 28801-28802 > $ redeclipse-server -x"sv_serverdesc $USER testserver" > $ redeclipse -x"showgui servers" > - Try to connect to your own server via the master server list > > 4. Check that server config examples docs, and manpages exist: > $ ls /usr/share/doc/redeclipse/examples/ > $ man redeclipse > $ man redeclipse-server > $ man cube2font > > 5. Check that cube2font can make a font: > $ cube2font /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf default 3 19 1 1 > 49 49 512 512 32 64 packages/fonts > > 6. Check that redeclipse has a correctly scaled icon, and a desktop > entry, as would be expected in your desktop manager. > > 7... Anything else you can think of that I missed ;) > > I've heard that RE does not work very well on the nouveau drivers, > however it does run fine on the sandy bridge GPU, and on > nvidia-nonfree/amd-nonfree (don't know about amd-free). I have nvidia nonfree and intel free. > Would you mind if I forwarded this, including your quote, to the > fedora-testing list? Thats of course fine! > > Thanks.