NetBeans IDE 5.0 Community Acceptance Testing program (NetCAT)
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Objective
Simply put the goal of this program is to get active NetBeans
community members involved in testing of the NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta and RC builds.
Participants will provide feedback on product usability, quality
and performance. In return, those volunteers are given the opportunity to
significantly influence the quality of NetBeans IDE 5.0. It is important to stress
though that NetCAT program is about quality acceptance and not about feature
design.
Note: Application form has been closed. More details are here.
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Program members
People participating in the program should have previous experience with
NetBeans IDE and should be willing to contribute some time and effort. The details of their
responsibilities are explained in
FAQ section. List of NetCAT 5.0
program participants is available
here. We kindly ask all
NetCAT members to follow the rules defined in
NetCAT etiquette.
Benefits
Members of the NetCAT program will enjoy many special privileges. They
will have an opportunity to nominate bugs which they and their colleagues consider critical
to the success of NetBeans IDE. They can object against waiving other bugs as they are part
of Bug Waiver Council. Members who submit bugs during this program will have their bugs
marked with a magic prefix that guarantees special attention from developers and quality
engineers. Additionally, they can request new features for future releases. And yes, there
are some gifts ready for all active members, of course. The most important fact is that we
want our community to accept the release. Your voice is important to us!
What tools are in place ?
There are several accessory means prepared specially for this program.
Here is the list:
| Item |
Description |
Detail |
Action |
| Mailing list |
Archived e-mail alias dedicated exclusively for communication between program
participants, information about progress, important milestones, bug waiving
process and others. |
netcat@netbeans.org |
[View archive]
[View Gmane archive]
[View Nabble archive]
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| Marked issues |
All issues filed by program members will be highlighted by special prefix. |
[50cat] |
[Show the bugs]
[Show the RFEs]
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| Simple bug forms |
A special one-step submit issue form and reduced bug query form simplified for
easy and quick usage. |
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[Report new issue]
[Search an issue]
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| Dashboard |
Specific dashboard reflecting quality status of NetBeans 5.0 builds according
to NetCAT program members. |
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[Take a look] |
| CA survey |
Special form prepared for Community Acceptance phase where participants will
get a chance to express their opinion on RC build quality and if it's ready for
release. |
[Preview] |
[View Results] |
Brief time schedule
This is a rough plan of important announcements, milestones
and tasks scheduled for upcoming 9 weeks during NetCAT program.
- September 7 - NetCAT program invitation sent
- September 8 - End of accepting applications
- September 19 - NetCAT team ready
- September 26 - 5.0 Beta released, NetCAT team starts testing
- Mid of December - High Resistance mode
- Beginning of January - RC build testing
- Mid of January - Final CA survey
- End of January - FCS release
Current status
The project is over. NetCAT 5.0 team has evaluated NetBeans 5.0 Release
Candidate 2 build and approved of it as FCS. Take a look at the
results
from
Community Acceptance survey or
results from
Satisfaction
survey with NetCAT 5.0 program itself. You can also find out activity and effectivity of each member of the NetCAT 5.0 team
here.
[ FAQs | Participants
| Dashboard | Etiquette
| NetCAT 4.1 ]
$Date: 2006/02/07 07:42:44 $ GMT
