draft Call for Testing

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> So, what should we be asking wine users to be
> doing once rc1 is out?  How about this:
This has as subject "Call for Testing" but we could also need help with 
the translations http://wiki.winehq.org/Translating and 
http://pf128.krakow.sdi.tpnet.pl/wine-transl/

bye
	michael

> --- snip ---
> Calling all wine users!
> Today, after 15 years of development, the first release
> candidate for wine-1.0.0 was released.
> Wine has been under heavy development in recent
> months, and some applications that used to work well
> no longer do.  But we don't know which ones!  Please
> help us find them, so we can fix them.  Here's how:
> 
> 0. Make sure your machine runs glxgears properly
> (if it crashes, you may need to update your graphics drivers)
> 
> 1. Install wine-1.0.0-rc1 (you can download it from
> http://www.winehq.org/site/download ).
> Make sure wine's notepad starts up ok and says
> "wine 1.0.0 rc1" when you do Help / About Wine.
> 
> 2. Visit the Wine application database at
> http://appdb.winehq.org/browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Platinum
> and pick out a few applications that supposedly work perfectly under Wine
> but do not yet have any test reports with wine-1.0.0-rc1 or later.
> 
> 3. Try installing and running those apps, one at a time.
> Before installing each app, delete your .wine directory; that way
> you get a clean run, uncontaminated by the previous app's settings.
> 
> 4. For each app you test, add a test report into Wine's AppDB.
> 
> As a token of our thanks, we will pick one of the users who submits
> a healthy set of useful test results  and send him or her a tasteful
> Wine-themed goodie of some sort.
> 
> So fire up your keyboards and start testing!
> Thanks, and good hunting!
> --- snip ---
> 
> (Not sure how the goodie would be handled, but I'm willing to cover the
> expenses myself, especially if I get to pick the winner :-)
> 
> How's that sound?
> 
> 


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