Hi Martin, I love the idea, of course. I also think there is another way of going about this.
What if multiple people donated small backup tarball files for the databases we support? Rigging up an automated test suit that would parse, and perhaps build, the databases would make testing easy, and almost part of the build. I like both ideas though. My idea probably requires a bit more code to start with, but would make testing easier in the long run. In the general sense, though, I welcome more Barry testing of all kinds. - Chris On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:29:33PM -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > Hey Barry and Chris :-D > > I was thinking some more about format transition testing and how we can > be more sure about the formats of the data we've getting out of > blackberries and indeed how we can be sure it's all safe. > > I propose the following method of testing and organisation for testers > to see if something can be set up small scale for this limited set of > devices. > > We use a method of circular testing which involves having a pre-defined > data set with all the fields we want to test (multiple data sets if > required) and the system would simply feed them into the blackberry, > then feed them out and compare the data with the original. > > This would be more effective with opensync of course, but I think just > testing say the contacts would be useful. > > Now I say to make sure we have device coverage perhaps we can have a > sign up sheet so people can sign up to test with the test cases each > release of barry with the phone model they've specified. > > I'd be willing to sign up my Blackberry Pearl 2120 (t-mobile) and we can > make sure to test as many as we can for as many models as people are > willing to test. > > Your thoughts? > > Martin, > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
