Re: "Help" channels in terms of testing

Thanks for starting this thread, Bin. 

There's also public-testtwf[a]. I'm not exactly sure what Rebecca and Larry had in mind for it.

--tobie
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[a]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-testtwf/


On Monday, June 3, 2013 at 8:01 PM, HU, BIN wrote:

> Hello my friends,
> 
> One of my tasks is to consolidate different channels of help in various aspects of testing in W3C. Here is the status quo AFAIK:
> 
> Our general testing effort has been discussed in this mailing list "public-test-infra@w3.org (mailto:public-test-infra@w3.org)" and IRC channel "#test" and "#testing". However, there are other channels of testing related discussions [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6], and some are very active [1] [3] [6].
> 
> I want to have a discussion here about what is the best way to consolidate those resources, and provide everyone with a one-stop shopping experience if help or discussion is needed. Here are some initial thoughts:
> 
> - Option 1: Use one mailing list and one IRC channel, and topics is differentiated with prefix in email subject, e.g. [General], [CSS], [HTML], etc.
> - Option 2: stay as-is today, but document all of the relevant resources in Github documentation site, so that everyone knows where to ask for help if needed
> - Option 3: somewhere between Option 1 and Option 2, i.e. some inactive channel can be consolidated into one, while those active ones will continue to work as-is. Everything will be documented as one-stop shopping guides.
> 
> Let me know what you think, whether or not there are other options, and which option works the best to improve our work experience.
> 
> Thank you and I am looking forward to a good and constructive discussion
> 
> Bin
> 
> [1] CSS WG: Testing related discussions have been in both mailing list "public-css-testsuite@w3.org (mailto:public-css-testsuite@w3.org)" and IRC channel "#css-test". 
> 
> [2] DAP WG: There have been few discussions of DAP related testing in "public-device-apis@w3.org (mailto:public-device-apis@w3.org)". But nothing more.
> 
> [3] HTML WG Testing Task Force: Testing related discussions have been in both mailing list "public-html-testsuite@w3.org (mailto:public-html-testsuite@w3.org)" and IRC channel "#htmlt".
> 
> [4] SysApps WG: The same situation as in DAP - there have been few discussions of DAP related testing in "public-sysapps@w3.org (mailto:public-sysapps@w3.org)". But nothing more.
> 
> [5] Web and TV IG Testing Task Force: Testing related discussions have been in both mailing list "public-web-and-tv@w3.org (mailto:public-web-and-tv@w3.org)" with prefix [Testing] and IRC channel "#webtv".
> 
> [6] WebApps WG: Testing related discussions have been in mailing list "public-webapps-testsuite@w3.org (mailto:public-webapps-testsuite@w3.org)".

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