[Chandler-dev] Improving the Functional Test Framework

[Mikeal Rogers]

I reserved Gotham.

-Mikeal

On Nov 20, 2006, at 4:11 PM, Aparna Kadakia wrote:

> Hello all,
> As we are closing in on our alpha4 release, we plan to use the next  
> few weeks on improving the Functional Test framework. We plan to  
> meet tomorrow at 3 pm to discuss what concrete steps we need to  
> take in that direction for both development and QA.
>
> If you have any ideas or input feel free to attend. We will have  
> the bridge for the remote people to dial in.
>
> Mikeal will reserve a conference room and let everyone know.
>
> Thanks
> Aparna
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Philippe Bossut <pbossut at osafoundation.org>
>> Date: November 17, 2006 4:10:23 PM PST
>> To: John Anderson <john at osafoundation.org>, Mikeal Rogers  
>> <mikeal at osafoundation.org>
>> Cc: Aparna Kadakia <aparna at osafoundation.org>, Dan Steinicke  
>> <dan at osafoundation.org>
>> Subject: Re: Functional scripts work
>> Reply-To: pbossut at osafoundation.org
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We should set up a meeting to discuss this since there's some  
>> confusion here on what is our (Apps team) objective in having John  
>> spending some time with QA on improving the Functional Tests  
>> framework.
>>
>> Would Tuesday 3pm work for you guys? (we won't have a Design  
>> session Tuesday).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Philippe
>>
>> John Anderson wrote:
>>> Hi Mikeal:
>>>
>>> I'd like to meet with you guys to discuss some ideas about what  
>>> to work on. My current ideas include:
>>>
>>> - Add code that catches error before they propagate too far  from  
>>> the source of the problem
>>>
>>> - Simplify the code by reducing layers and replacing some  
>>> chandler specific apis with more general apis to reduce the work  
>>> that has to be done on the library as Chandler evolves
>>>
>>> - Spend a day or two investigating recording of scripts
>>>
>>> - Work with you guys to transfer my Chandler knowledge so you'll  
>>> also be able to improve the code.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Nov 17, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Mikeal Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Philippe has mentioned that John plans on doing a few weeks  
>>>> worth of work rewriting a lot of the CPIA layer.
>>>>
>>>> Since we are planning a rewrite of ChandlerTestLib it seems  
>>>> appropriate that we keep an eye on any API changes and do our  
>>>> work in ChandlerTestLib right after the CPIA work is done.
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering what changes you were planning to make and when,  
>>>> and if this is going to be done in a branch (seeing as it will  
>>>> most likely break all of the tests).
>>>>
>>>> -Mikeal
>>>
>
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