David, do you understand what you are asking? Even starting with the most basic of good books on testing (e.g., Jorgensen, P. C. (1995). Software Testing: A Craftsman's Approach. Boca Raton: CRC Press.) and assuming black box testing (writing a detailed set of specs and checking out every function/requirement) testing takes months, if not years. Then when you discover an anomaly and look at the code, you say to yourself: "What could he/she/I have been thinking when this was written? With just a few changes, this code could be so much better, faster, more efficient and/or complete? It will only take a day, perhaps the weekend, but it is worth it; I'll just do it." Just 20 of those, and more than a third of a year is gone.
It is not the testing that takes time. It is the insights, refactorings, learning, and fun (arising from the feeling that you really made a difference) that occurs while doing it that makes the minutes turn into hours and days. Charles Elliott -----Original Message----- From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Anderson Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 2:50 AM To: BOINC Alpha list Cc: BOINC Developers Mailing List Subject: [boinc_dev] 7.8.3 client released for testing The 7.8.3 client is now being tested. This is a release candidate, so please test soon and thoroughly. The changes since 7.8.2.: - fixed bug where slot directories aren't cleaned out - fixed possible buffer overflow when a task fails with lots of file transfer failures - fixed bug involving repeated account manager requests every 10 sec The Mac version includes changes that will enable the screensaver to work with Mac OS 10.13. This will require projects to rebuild their graphics apps. I believe that SETI@home plans to do this in the next few days. Thanks -- David _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
