Re: [gentoo-dev] Request for testing

[Wilbert van Bakel]

Hello Seemant,

In the IT, testing is an appreciated skill like development, 
implementation or project management.
When I read your request, then it sounds to me like: "Guys and Girls: 
unmask and emerge this, and report problems to us".

One rule in the world of testers is: "The fact that no bug shows up, 
doesn't mean that the software is bugfree."
Why I'm writing this is, because I feel that testing is an important 
part of the development/implementation process and some procedure needs 
to be in place.
What are we testing? What are the guide lines? Which quality level do we 
want to reach? Which USE flags do you want to include in the test? Which 
compiler?
Does Gentoo approve an update when software is emerging without 
problems, or when software is known to be productive without problems?

And... How do we report bugs, which information is actually useful? And 
do we report succesful installations too?

Just some questions, Seemant,
Wilbert van Bakel

Seemant Kulleen wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>As subscribers to this list, I'd reckon a lot of you would like to help
>out testing some of the masked stuff.  The list of stuff "masked for
>testing" in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask grows daily, and we have a
>dire need for userland testers.  So, if some of you brave souls would care
>to test and report bugs, that would be EXCEEDINGLY helpful, and the
>development team would be equally as grateful.  Things which need testing
>are:
>
>sh-utils
>bison
>util-linux
>zsh
>xine
>mplayer
>vlc
>pinepgp
>
>and there are some KDE apps as well, I think.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>


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