NetBeans IDE 5.5 Community Acceptance Testing program (NetCAT)
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Introduction
Welcome to the latest NetCAT - NetBeans community testing
initiative. Although this rendering has the same goals
as previous NetCAT programs, it is different in two ways. First, we are
interested in J2EE developers since NetBeans 5.5 focuses on Java EE 5 support
or Subversion users because Subversion support was recently made available via Auto Update Center.
Secondly, we will not limit the number of participants in NetCAT 5.5. It is
as well important to stress that the NetCAT program is about quality
acceptance and not about feature design.
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Organization
The NetCAT 5.5 program has a more open nature than its predecessors. Anyone
with Enterprise Java or Subversion experience is welcome. We kindly ask all potential volunteers to read
the
responsibilities of NetCAT 5.5 participants before
joining the program in order to understand and adhere to
NetCAT
etiquette rules. Unfortunately, due to the program's unlimited access we will not track
each person's activity separately.
As usual 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. Members who submit bugs during this program will have their bugs marked
with a 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 the
50 most helpful members, of course. The most important thing is that we want our community to
accept the release. Your views and opinions are important to us!
What tools are in place ?
There are several means of access prepared especially for this program.
Here is the list:
| Item |
Description |
Detail |
Action |
| Mailing lists |
Archived e-mail alias dedicated to NetCAT 5.5 J2EE related communication,
information about progress, important milestones and more. |
nbj2ee@netbeans.org |
[View archive]
[View Gmane archive]
[View Nabble archive]
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| Archived e-mail alias dedicated to NetCAT 5.5 Subversion related communication,
information about progress, important milestones and more. |
interest@subversion.netbeans.org |
[View archive]
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| Archived e-mail alias dedicated to NetCAT 5.5 EntPack related communication,
information about progress, important milestones and more. |
nbentpack@netbeans.org |
[View archive]
[View Gmane archive]
[View Nabble archive]
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| Marked issues |
All issues filed by program members are highlighted by a special prefix. |
[55cat] |
[Show the bugs]
[Show the RFEs]
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| Simple bug forms |
A special one-step form to submit issues and a simplified bug query form for
quick and easy use. |
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[Report new issue]
[Search an issue]
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| Dashboard |
Dedicated dashboard reflecting quality status of NetBeans 5.5 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 opinions on RC build quality and release readiness. |
[Complete] |
[View Results] |
Brief time schedule
This is a rough plan of important announcements, milestones
and tasks scheduled for the next 5 months during the NetCAT program.
- May 4 - NetCAT program invitation sent
- May 11 - 5.5 Beta 1 released, NetCAT volunteers start testing
- May to June - Processing Beta 1 feedback
- Mid of July - 5.5 Beta 2 released
- July to August - Processing Beta 2 feedback
- Mid of September - High Resistance mode
- Beginning of October - Final CA survey
- End of October - FCS release
Current status
The project is over. NetCAT 5.5 team has evaluated NetBeans 5.5 Release
Candidate 2 build and approved it as FCS. Take a look at the
results from
Community Acceptance survey or
results from
Satisfaction
survey with NetCAT 5.5 program itself.
[ FAQs | Dashboard |
Etiquette | EntPack NetCAT 5.5 |
NetCAT 5.0 ]
$Date: 2006/11/03 13:48:43 $ GMT
