I respectfully disagree ...I don't think there should be any restrictions on who gets to test software, if someone is savy enough to figure out how to navigate the SVN process, they probably should be able to test the software. The more you restrict that base of people, the less you have, and the more time it takes to get bugs found, and fixed, regardless if they were found from a exhaustive step by step hunt or just bumbling along.
N4BFD On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com>wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:38 PM, Robert McGwier wrote: > > I had to be persuaded but I believe it will benefit all of us. >> > > It is certainly what I would do. Reflectors are cheap and easy to set up. > If one doesn't want to spend any effort we could certainly create another on > google-groups or yahoo-groups. > > The use of >> the test branch by people running contests and hunting vital DX or worse >> yet, doing ARES work just sent shivers down my spine. >> > > Yeah, that is pretty silly. OTOH, the only way you can completely stop that > is to carefully control who is in the alpha test group. It should probably > be people who have a methodical approach to using the software and can track > how they get to a particular error. I would like to be in the alpha test > group but I must admit that I do not do a very good job of hammering on the > code since almost all my operating is using digital modes. After a year of > having my F5K this past two weeks were the first time I actually tried out > the NF and ANF. > > Regardless, I tend to do regression testing as a byproduct of my use. I > have my own unofficial tests for basic functionality that tend to be very > consistent. > > It is time for a >> fork in the road. One for those who like to tinker and/or have specific >> tasks to accomplish for the overall program and another (this one here) >> for >> those who like to just use and get help in set up without any barriers to >> moving back and forth other than the (ENFORCED) etiquette of what may be >> discussed and where. >> > > Seems more than reasonable to me. > > > -- > > 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL > Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
