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Test Overview for RediStream feeds

Preparation

Before we can coordinate any testing, we need to be able to communicate between the testers. We have a chat room: redistream@conference.jabber.org.

All members of the test should observe the following:

Have Pidgin open.
Be connected to the chat room redistream@conference.jabber.org
Have the latest copy of TurboTick open and be ready to connect to the stream.

Pidgin (IM client software)

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All our code is open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License. This means you can get Pidgin's underlying code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you make for everyone to benefit from as well.

To get pidgin, visit the pidgin home page, and download the appropriate version for your computer.

Adding a Jabber IM account

If you don't have a jabber account, get one from register.jabber.org.

Next, add your new account to Pidgin:

Accounts/Manage Accounts/Add
protocol: XMPP
username (from registration)
domain: jabber.org
resource: Home
password: (from registration)
check 'Remember password'
Click 'Add'

Jabber Conference Server

To join the Multi-User Conference (MUC) you'll need to have a Jabber user handle (see above if you don't have one).

Once you have your handle, use the pidgin interface to join the conference:

join a Chat (Conversation/Join A Chat).
account: your jabber id
room: redistream
server: conference.jabber.org
handle: whatever
password: not needed yet.