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Revision as of 20:33, 7 August 2016
Research Bug Activity
| Title | Research Bug Activity |
| Overview | Learners will choose a fixed defect or feature, research its history, and summarize in an online format. |
| Prerequisite Knowledge | Basic understanding of what a bug/enhancement is. |
| Learning Objectives | To understand the source of a bug. To trace the history of a bug. To be able to articulate how and why a bug was resolved. |
Background:
Read this Introduction to Bug Tracking Systems
Directions:
- Go to the Gnome bugzilla instance: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/
- Find the MouseTrap closed bugs:
- From the main Gnome Bugzilla page, click on the Search icon
- Under Status select Closed
- Under Product select mousetrap (hint: repeatedly press 'm' until you tab down to mousetrap)
- In the Words slot enter 'fix'
- You should now see a list of closed bugs. Select a defect or feature from this list
- Read the bug report and history carefully to determine:
- When was the bug reported?
- Who reported the bug?
- What actions were taken on the bug and by whom?
- When was the bug fixed?
- What was the fix?
- Who made the fix.
- Report your findings in a blog post. Turn in a link to your blog post.
Deliverables:
Provide a link to your blog post.
Assessment:
Comments:
Related activities: Bug Tracker Activity
Additional Information:
| Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit | |
| Topic | Testing |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Estimated Time to Completion | 60 Minutes |
| Materials/Environment | Access to Internet/Web and web browser. |
| Author | Heidi Ellis |
| Source | |
| License | Licensed CC BY-SA |
Suggestions for the Open Source Project:
MouseTrap or other GNOME project.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
