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draft: Plop Release Team, Call for testers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deborah Bowser)
Tue Aug 7 11:46:31 2001
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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:47:35 -0400
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From: Deborah Bowser <bowser@MIT.EDU>
Cc: itag@MIT.EDU, infosys@MIT.EDU
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Good day!
The Plop Release Team would like to invite you to participate in testing
Plop. We are hoping for approximately 20 volunteers to contribute and are
looking for Windows NT and 2000 users. While Plop has some limited
functionality on Windows 98 and Windows ME, significant bugs complicate its
use on these Operating Systems.
Plop is a limited-function, secure FTP implementation, specifically
designed for MIT users wishing to transfer files from a Windows NT or
Windows 2000 PC to Athena lockers. Plop uses Kerberos to enable users to
transfer files to Athena websites, without exposing their password on the
network. While Plop has some limited functionality on Windows 98 and
Windows ME, significant bugs complicate its use on these systems. Plop is
currently supported only for Windows NT and Windows 2000.
Some issues to ponder prior to volunteering:
Available time for active evaluation:
We anticipate a 2-3 hour allotment for testing, however, you are not
expected to test every area of the software.
Evaluation to include:
- testing the installer process
- integration testing within the MIT environment
- testing the on-line help documents
If you agree to assist, we will provide the following:
- the installer via certificate protected website
- testing instructions (system requirements)
- test results reporting form
STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
While we would prefer that you conduct the test on a machine that will
receive regular use, the installer you will be testing is in beta and may
cause unexpected changes to your system. If you do use a production
machine, you should plan to make a back up before installing the software
and frequently during the testing process.
As an alternative, we offer the Integration Laboratory located in N42 for
testing. If you would prefer to use the lab, please contact me to make
arrangements.
If you are interested in assisting with the evaluation, please contact me
by Thursday, August 9. We are sketching out plans to initiate testing on
Friday, August 10 and continuing for two weeks ending on Friday, August 24.
For more information on the PLOP release effort, please view the release
notebook: http://web.mit.edu/swrt/plop.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or, the
Plop Release Team (plop-release@mit.edu)
Sincerely,
Deb Bowser
MIT Information Systems
Test Manager
Software Release Team
W92-176
Ph: 617-253-3879
Fax: 617-258-8736
