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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Updates testing</H1>
<B>nicolas vigier</B>
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<I>Fri Jul 8 09:21:30 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Thu, 07 Jul 2011, Stew Benedict wrote:
><i> On 07/07/2011 07:38 PM, andre999 wrote:
</I>>>>>>><i> All tested, but without a testcase, some are hard to test.
</I>>>>>><i>
</I>>>>>><i> Yes, testcase need to be done for each package. Maybe we could have a
</I>>>>>><i> wiki page to save all test cases, and use them when the same package is
</I>>>>>><i> updated again ?
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> No need to put this on the wiki as it will be useless for 90% of them as
</I>>>>><i> an
</I>>>>><i> update request must have a test case for the bug fixed, not for the
</I>>>>><i> whole
</I>>>>><i> package.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Yes, for the test about the bug fixed. But isn't there tests to check for
</I>>>><i> regressions ?
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> The general idea sounds good.
</I>>><i> But that would make a pretty big wiki page, if we especially if we include
</I>>><i> big apps like LibreOffice & Postgresql.
</I>>><i> Maybe link each bigger app to a standing bugz report for that purpose ?
</I>>><i> It would be pretty hard to make even close to complete regression tests
</I>>><i> for bigger apps as well. (imagine 599 tests for LibreOffice ...)
</I>>><i>
</I>><i> There once was a project at Mandriva where each packager was to supposed to
</I>><i> come up with a basic functionality test for his/her package(s), although I
</I>><i> don't think it got much traction aside from those of us who were getting
</I>><i> paid to work on the distro and whose manager made the tests a deliverable.
</I>><i> iirc there was even some automation framework so they they could be run by
</I>><i> machine.
</I>
Fedora has this :
<A HREF="https://fedorahosted.org/beakerlib/">https://fedorahosted.org/beakerlib/</A>
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