+1 on Kevin's suggestions, but I prefer we not even consider testing debug
builds unless we have extra time.

Thanks,
Josh

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Kevin Kane via Allseen-core <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Probably not. If you find an issue in release, the best course at that
> point is for someone to start triaging the issue, which may then lead to
> re-running the failing test cases with trace logging enabled and/or using a
> debug build. I don’t expect re-running the test case on a debug build will
> be useful frequently enough to have it be standard procedure for every
> failure.
>
>
>
> I consider running all test cases in debug a nice to have since it means
> assertions will get exercised, but if we don’t have the resources for it,
> that’s that.
>
>
>
> *From:* Hertel, Carrie Lynn [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 11:37 AM
> *To:* Kevin Kane <[email protected]>; allseen-core@lists.
> allseenalliance.org
>
> *Subject:* RE: Debug vs. Release build testing - 16.10
>
>
>
> Thank you for your input Kevin!  Would running in release and then
> retesting in debug if we find an issue be helpful?  With the IPv6 addition,
> our testing is going to be tight with the extra validation.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carrie
>
>
>
> *Carrie Hertel, PMP*
>
> Software Dev Group & Test Lab Director
>
> Center for Applied Systems & Software
>
> Oregon State University
>
>
>
> *From:* Kevin Kane [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:56 AM
> *To:* Hertel, Carrie Lynn <[email protected]>;
> [email protected]
> *Subject:* RE: Debug vs. Release build testing - 16.10
>
>
>
> My personal opinion:
>
>
>
> There’s value in running test scenarios on debug builds because code
> assertions are compiled in and checked, and test cases might catch some
> violated assertions we aren’t catching elsewhere.
>
>
>
> If we have to choose only one, absolutely run on release build since that
> is what will be shipping in product.
>
>
>
> This then becomes a resourcing decision on whether or not we want to run
> both, and I’ll let others with knowledge of our testing resources weigh in
> on that.
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [
> mailto:[email protected]
> <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Hertel,
> Carrie Lynn
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:19 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [Allseen-core] Debug vs. Release build testing - 16.10
>
>
>
> Hi All –
>
>
>
> I was informed by my testers that unless a test case lists a specific
> build, that they need to run it on both debug *and* release variants.
>
>
>
> I would expect that if we are in release testing, that we could test on
> release variant only unless the test calls for debug specifically.
>
>
>
> Any objections?  Currently we are running a lot of tests twice when I
> don’t think we need to…
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Carrie
>
>
>
> *Carrie Hertel, PMP*
>
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> Center for Applied Systems and Software
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