Hi Tester!
Some of you have asked also on OOo Con '06 how we assure the quality in
child workspaces (CWS). One - not the onliest - answer, here for
'global' child workspaces can be found in parts in the OOo Wiki now. The
test plan describes the timeframe, resources, test strategy etc. It can
be used also for other 'global' CWS checks.
*What is a 'global' CWS?*
If the release engineering, a developer or a developer project is
- changing the compiler,
- deleting unused headers,
- removing unused variables,
- ....
they request our service of a full blown automated test cycle - which
are ~230 tests ~3555 testcases to be sure that they do not break the
MASTER build (also known as HEAD in CVS 'language').
They know that they bind resources so only these 'global' CWSes will
tested in that way. The 'normal' CWS will be tested with special tests
which reflects the areas of changes in the CWS.
*The huge test cycle*
We have currently some of those 'global' CWSes under test and we will
have finished one tomorrow (if there is nothing which hinders us...).
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/CWS_mingwport03
There you can see that each modul is affected and the Sun test
automators (=> VCL TestTool test script maintainers) run _all_ test of
each module on a installation- or patch-set (=> Sun is delivering also
patches to Sun Solve, an update service for software from Sun).
We need a closer look on Windows because the change will be enabling gcc
compiler on Win32. We also have a second test cycle on the UNIX/Linux
builds to be sure to have no regression or "side effect" on these platforms.
*The smaller test cycle*
In another case http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Hedaburemove01
only one platform and also one test cycle is needed because all
platforms will have the same problem if there is one. The timeframe is
three days smaller than the 'big' one.
*Some more information*
We are not running only the 45 'release'/'resource' tests on such
'global' CWSes. We run the full set of tests and we have to analyze the
results. The most time is needed for the analyze phase not for just
running the tests.
If you have questions feel free to ask.
Cu,
Jogi
http://qa.openoffice.org/qatesttool
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Jsi
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Sun Microsystems GmbH Joerg Sievers
Nagelsweg 55 Quality Assurance Engineer
20097 Hamburg
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