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Mark Nighswonger (marknigh) wrote : Re: [Bug 731737] Re: [testcases] Networking / NM Laptop Test section is outdated

Okay great!
Thanks,
Mark

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@
gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Mark Nighswonger
> <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Mathieu,
> > Will the functions of Network Manager change drastically? Do you have an
> > estimate of completion of the developmental changes? I will probably do
> some
> > interim updating because I don't think the test is usable in it's current
> > state.
> Hi,
>
> AFAIK, all the features have already landed for NetworkManager in
> Oneiric.
>
> Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden>
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> Title:
> [testcases] Networking / NM Laptop Test section is outdated
>
> Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: network-manager
>
> It appears that the Networking section for Laptop Testing,
> http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Plans/LaptopTesting , is outdated and needs
> to be rewritten by someone who knows what needs to be tested and how. The
> current test would fail every time as written. There is no longer a computer
> icon, so that may be an indication of how old this version was testing for.
> This is the section that will fail:
> Verify Release of Device
> Case ID: hcn-002
> In the terminal, run sudo ifdown [interface] where [interface] is the
> interface name, above.
> * In the terminal, run ifconfig and verify that only the loopback device
> ("lo") is listed.*
> There is always at least four devices listed. Apparently a knowledgeable
> person can tell that the device is up or down but that is not what this
> question asks for. Someone tell me what we want and I will be glad to
> rewrite it. If we are looking for a device that is up or down, we need to
> write that in plain english so anyone can do this. I tried to address this
> as a question but was recommended that I file a bug.
>
> 1)lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
> Release: 11.04
>
> 2)apt-cache policy pkgname
> N: Unable to locate package pkgname
> Don't know where in the software center this information is.
>
> 3) I expected to test this application and give good, useful,
> feedback.
>
> 4) I could not perform a useful test because of outdated testing
> procedures.
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