On Sunday 13 November 2005 04:38 pm, Chris Cannam wrote: > I bet this would include you if you did a few more of the bigger > interactive features like your selection filter dialog) that the things > you test turn out not to be the things people actually do. That's why
> Not that I'm arguing about who tests more, you understand. Nor am I trying to imply that you two don't make any effort to test. I test more because I have less self-confidence. Or turning it around a different way, I commit less broken code than you do because I have less self-confidence. I test more thoroughly, surely, and I also do very little, because I don't feel equipped to bite off much in the way of major work. (This rebeaming thing I'm trying to work on in the experimental branch is getting nowhere, for instance, and that's probably going to turn out to be Yet Another Project Chris Had to Do By Himself, I'm afraid.) > > On that last point, Rich had the right idea years ago by trying to > > put together formal testing procedures for people to run through. > > That ball got dropped. > > Because it's difficult and hard work to do. Most assuredly. I could have picked it up too. I've thought about it many times, but my toenails always looked like they could use a good plastering first. > Relatedly, I do now have a regression test programme for playback and > recording, and there won't be another release until we've made sure all > the boxes are ticked (or explained away!). You can find it in a > spreadsheet at head/docs/test/play-record-regression.gnumeric. Feel > free to fill in any fields with observations from current CVS and > commit if you like; I'll run a concerted plan in a few (Chris-)days. I'll go look at it. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
