Bugs Fixes, not the mosquito kind, are on our mind. Team Ninja has been hacking away to do a major bug fix for Ushahidi platform. We need your help to test before the next release. Also in the weekly, some upcoming events from ihub Research and the International Conference of Crisismappers plus a Deployment of the Week from Sudan.
Erik showing off the latest iteration of BRCK. [/caption]
3. There are 32 bugs fixes. We know that you have limited time, so even testing one of these items will help everyone. The full list is on the Test Spreadsheet and in Github. Here are some top level items:
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Community and larger Crisismappers network is also collaborating:
(Severin Menard of HOT collected this list)
Post from Relief Web (1) and (2)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_Sudan_floods
The CANA team from the Philippines, previous Deployment of the Week has posted an update on their progress.
Always nice to meetup
Ushahidians are around the world. We love meeting in person. Pedro Schuster lead technical responses to Chilean earthquake response in 2010. (read about Ushahidi Chile). We surprised Erik Hersman at the meetup.Release Testing Help wanted
You've been reporting bugs via Github and the Forums. Our team has been busy collaborating with community members to get fixes prepared. We need your help to test the release alongside our QA cohort and team. Key Dates: Code Freeze: August 21, 2013 Testing: August 22nd to 30th, 2013 Community Test day: August 27th, 2013 (join us online via skype and IRC to collaborate) Fixes: August 31 to September 1, 2013 Crowdmap Classic Upgrading, Tests & Overview: September 1 - 3 2013 2.7.1 Release: September 4, 2013How to help
If you are a server ninja, you can download the release candidate and test away. We also have a test server with you can simply login and be a pirate tester. Reminder: Crowdmap Classic uses the same software code base as Ushahidi platform, so testing.ushahidi.com will be almost like testing on Crowdmap Classic. 1. Login to Test Site: site - http://testing.ushahidi.com username = testing@ushahidi.com password = admin2013 2. Test and Identify bugs: There are two ways to give feedback on the release candidate: a. Add an issue to GitHub b. Add the bugs to this spreadsheet to track feedback. [caption id="attachment_13812" align="alignright" width="150"]
Erik showing off the latest iteration of BRCK. [/caption]
3. There are 32 bugs fixes. We know that you have limited time, so even testing one of these items will help everyone. The full list is on the Test Spreadsheet and in Github. Here are some top level items:
General Fixes
Login page issues: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/pull/1161 CSV Uploads https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1181, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1169 CSV downloaded form platform throws errors on attempt to upload: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1140, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/684b67c242adc92873e1bf8ab9728993b4ba8f63Report Management
Error with reports view page: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1176, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1166, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1178, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/e2deabb Validation error on custom fields dropdown: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1113, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/ed301966b7cdafaa919c58a6844f763915d4914b Incident location not on incident pages: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1121, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/0c48d8733076e00454cd891ed2ae38c5203f6b1bTwitter and Media Errors
Twitter Credential Error: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1109, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/pull/1131 Twitter scheduler bugs: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/pull/1133 Error adding report to a photo (Crowdmap Classic): https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1099, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/52ad173bf4fd21f9754850cccb1b1fa470ab4461 Ushahidi should not upsize uploaded images, only downsize them. Upload images .jpeg fails: https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/pull/1152, https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/issues/1136 Thanks in advance to all those who reported these bugs, helped fix and test them. More in coming weeks leading up to the Release.Deployment of the Week
The Khartoum Flood response has been ongoing for the past month. They are Deployment of the Week. The Daily Beast wrote a great piece about Abeer Khairy: "The Woman Behind the Khartoum Flood Map."
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Community and larger Crisismappers network is also collaborating:
(Severin Menard of HOT collected this list)
Post from Relief Web (1) and (2)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_Sudan_floods
The CANA team from the Philippines, previous Deployment of the Week has posted an update on their progress.