Kathey Marsden wrote:
... SNIP ..
So, inspired by the Mustang Regression Challenge [2] I would like to
introduce the *"Derby Regression Search and Destroy Competition*".
This competition, in addition to finding regressions, will also
incorporate fixing any regressions that are found. The winners will be:
"The top three developers or users who have made the greatest
contribution toward a seamless upgrade to 10.2."
If folks think this is a good idea, I will put up a Wiki for the
competition, but here are the general guidelines:
1) Any action that exposes or resolves existing regressions,
improves Derby compatibility with previous releases, or improves our
documentation of known differences in 10.2 is considered. Below are a
few examples:
a) Find a new product regression from a previous Derby release
and log it in Jira.
b) Correct the derby info for existing issues to mark them as
"Regression" if they are a regression from 10.1 or "Existing
Application Impact" and "Release Note Needed" if they were
intentional changes that might affect existing applications.
c) Fix a product regression.
2) Three winners are chosen August 10 by impartial volunteer
judge(s) whose decision is binding.
3) The winners get organic chocolate and of course glory and huge
amounts of merit. (Contribution of other prizes is welcome, but
wouldn't want to make the stakes so high the lawyers need get involved).
Anyone else have ideas on this? Would anyone like to volunteer as
judge? Judges would have to exempt themselves from the competition.
Kathey
[1] http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/ForwardCompatibility
[2] https://mustang.dev.java.net/regchal/
Since I'm pretty much exempt from the competition (how many doc
regressions are there anyway?) I'll signup for being a judge , but there
has to be at least one other volunteer so I don't get all the
credit/blame for the results.
