Hi - I agree and wrote the same on a different thread the other day.
Regards, Dave > On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:28 AM, Pedro Lino <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Raphael, all > >> I believe the 4.1.4 shows us, that we have to do a better job in QA. A >> minor release should never go to a rc5. I believe we all (and I pointing >> my finger to myself) underestimated the regression risk at the 4.1.4. > > +1 > >> So, to do a better job in the 4.2.0 I propose the following changes. >> >> - Define test areas, where tester should keep an extra eye on it. (based >> on the changes) >> - Doing Developer Snapshots again in a 2 Week frequency (or so) >> - Switch the AOO Profile for the snapshots to AOO-Dev >> - mobilize the willing testers to keep a critical eye on this builds >> - maybe also run the automated tests for Apache OpenOffice. > > As a user/tester/part-timeQA I agree to all points. > > But, please include Language packs in Developer Snapshots. Running a build > with an un-matching language pack causes very serious usability problems > (this is IMO the only advantage of including all languages in a single > installer). > > Creating a blank AOO-Dev profile is a two edged sword: you get a clean start > (and avoid trashing the user's work profile) but it isn't a realistic usage > (and therefore testing will not find those day to day problems that resulted > in the need to go to RC5) > Maybe a middle term would be to create a separate Dev profile that is a copy > of the user's profile (including all extensions)? > >> The idea is to make the bug cycle shorter. Improvements should be tested >> right after the implementation and not short before the release. A fresh >> bug is easier to fix as a old one. > > That is the ideal situation. But requires more communication (the QA mailing > list is unused for months) and especially more man power (on all platforms!). > The only way to get more users is to add needed/missing features and get > visibility... > > Regards, > Pedro > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
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