This wasn't a proper feature freeze. Bugfixes were present, but in highly specific areas, without the proper path: bug reported->bug list prioritized->tested-> passed to dev->fixed
We still suffer from system-wide regressions, heap and registry-related. Best regards 2011/2/15 Aleksey Bragin <alek...@reactos.org> > Yeah sure, this is quite important, however as I said, we just had a > "natural" feature freeze when only bugfixes were committed to trunk for > about 2 or 3 weeks, and all new features went to the branches (with some > exceptions, but still). > Also, patches were reviewed and committed and as for regressions, previous > release had even more, so there is a progress and positive view of the > newcoming release. > Usability test is also something which our testers do all the time when > preparing a release, this includes testing golden apps etc. Victor could > explain more on this topic, and I would really like testers to manage this > kind of stuff and do some minimal quality assurance. > > Profit! :) > > > WBR, > Aleksey. > > > > On Feb 15, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Timo Kreuzer wrote: > > >> I'd like to come back to this and suggest a procedure: >> >> 1. Officially announce feature freeze. >> 2. Address patches in bugzilla. we have 31 patches in bugzilla and we >> should have each of them reviewed and hopefully a lot comitted. >> 3. Address regressions. We have 47 (!!!) bugs marked as regressions in >> bugzilla. We should go through each of them and check if its any reasonable >> to fix them. >> 4. Address bugs with high severity / high priority. (5 blockers, 9 >> critical, 50 major... doh!) >> 5. Do a "usability test". This means installing and doing the usual stuff, >> a user would do and note all problems, annoyances. Currently ros crashes >> very often with failed assertions and other stuff. If we ship this in a >> release, people will be very disappointed. so we seriously need to improve >> the situation. >> 6. ??? >> 7. profit >> >> Timo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >
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