[cosmo-dev] Pre-RC automation tests

[Ted Leung]

Exactly.

On Nov 28, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> Mikeal,
>
> I think what Ted meant was not "we're not catching any large bugs."  
> Rather I think he meant "There are still some big, showstopping  
> bugs our tests are missing."
>
> You're right, we are catching some before the show actually starts  
> -- but we've also missed some that leave us groping for those brown  
> paper bags. :)
>
>
>
> Matthew
>
>
> Mikeal Rogers wrote:
>>> Based on the last few releases - 0.8/0.8.1 and 0.9/0.9.1  it  
>>> seems like we haven't yet reached the point where our automation  
>>> is able to catch showstopping brown paper bag bugs.    I think  
>>> that we'd be well served to have an impromptu collaborative QA  
>>> session at some point in the process, either in the final pre-RC  
>>> stage that we are discussing now, or for the first RC.
>>>
>> Why do you think that we're not catching brown paper bag bugs with  
>> the automated tests?
>> mde is running the automated tests locally while developing new UI  
>> features on his branch.
>> If the UI changes too dramatically some of the tests break and  
>> need to be fixed, but any large obvious breaks in functionality  
>> are definitely picked up by the automated tests and fixed before  
>> we ever cut an RC.
>> -Mikeal
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