Before transtioning to Hudson please provide a migration plan, so that people can plan when and how-to submit contributions.
Regards, Pierre On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it is wrong to suggest you will get less contributions. Once a > test framework and structure is in place writing tests as you go takes > no longer than the development and manual test process, and often it can > reduce the time. I think for more people its a mind set adjustment, but > it means you do more structured testing at the point of development > rather than come back days/weeks/months later to find that obscure bug. > > There is a transition period that will be a little bumpy as people > adjust but and as you say sensible decisions need to be made about what > contributions require a test module like new features, bug fixes, > enhancements etc. > > Ray > > > Jacques Le Roux wrote: > > Yes and there one day hopefully we will be able to run some type of > > Continuous Integration. At ASF most projects use Hudson > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Integration > > http://martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html > > http://wiki.apache.org/general/Hudson > > > > Of course before that, as Adam outlined, we would have to have a more > > reliable set of tests. > > Maybe, as David suggested, we could enforce our rules about that (no new > > features without tests). > > I'm afraid this would drastically reduce contributions. Maybe it's > > better to have less but more robust. > > > > I agree that we need marketing, and I think we need as much tests. > > > > Jacques > >
