Any opinions on this?
I fear the mail drowned in other mails on the list.

-- 
.marius

On May 1, 2012, at 3:33 PM, <[email protected]> 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Back in the days, when we were approaching a new release of Qt, we would use 
> a black team which would be responsible for driving the testing of a new 
> package. Their main focus would be to test every new package generated, both 
> source and binary packages, and try to break them with the most used 
> configuration (every configuration is not possible due to the vast number of 
> configurable options, and system configurations).
> 
> When doing this they would have a common list of issues to look out for, to 
> make sure that the reporting had some structure (same report fields for each 
> reporter/platform/package) and that they wouldn't skip something for one 
> package, etc. The list contained things like:
> General:
> Report date
> Testers name
> Package name 
> Package type
> Build date
> Makespec used
> Source packages:
> Configuration line for main testing
> Configure asks about license when run with no license options
> Compiling the package
> Compiles with minimal options (e.g. -opensource -confirm-license)
> Compiles as a static build, where supported
> Compiles in namespace, where supported
> Compiles with shadow build
> Cross-compiles, where supported
> Installing the package works
> "make install" to system directory as root works
> "make install" to local prefix as regular user works
> "make install" distributes files correctly on Mac
> "make clean" and "make distclean" works
> Text files have the correct EOL for the type of package?
> Files/directories in the package have sane file permissions and timestamps?
> Tags (%VERSION%, %SHORTVERSION%) have been replaced properly
> README has valid information about how to compile the package on the platform 
> tested
> Binary packages:
> Fresh install
> Installer is correctly signed, e.g. Windows shows correct vendor/certificate 
> data and no warnings about untrusted vendor.
> Installer displays appropriate graphics, strings, version numbers
> Installer offers the correct license(s)
> Installer offers sane default install directory (including version number)
> Installer correctly installs to default directory 
> installer correctly installs to non-default drive/directory
> Installer sanely reports progress and completion
> Installer installs only selected components
> Component selection works sanely
> Shortcuts from last page of installer work (e.g. shortcuts to README, demos, 
> etc)
> Installer correctly creates desktop shortcuts and they all work
> Installer correctly creates Start Menu shortcuts and they all work
> Environment settings are correct in Qt MSVC Command Prompt
> Package shows up in Control Panel/Package Manager with correct 
> description/version
> Any patching of files has been done correctly, e.g. patching of library paths 
> into .exe files and the paths hard-coded in the QtCore library.
> Upgrade install, if supported
>   - As above
> Parallel install, if supported
>   - As above
>   - Can't install over the top of an existing package without being warned
>   - Shortcuts point to the right package
>   - Previously installed packages still work
> Uninstall
>   - Removes all installed files,
>   - Removes all empty dirs,
>   - Removes registry keys,
>   - Reverses any other changes made by installer
>   - What to do with data files created by installed files, e.g. saved 
> settings and files created by demo apps?
>   - What to do with data shared between more than one package instance?
> Aborting installation, if supported
>   - Cancel button is available
>   - Installer cleans up, as for full uninstallation
> Failed installation
>   - insufficient disk space (can be faked by installing onto a small USB 
> key/SD card)
>   - network problems while using online installer
> Both package types:
> Verify the license
> Assistant works
> Designer works
> "Showcase" demo/example apps launch without crashing
> "Showcase" demo/example apps function acceptably.
> Demo/example apps can be rebuilt
> External Qt apps can be built against the package (e.g. Qt Creator)
> Did "DLL Swapping" on a Qt app (e.g. KDE, Google Earth, Qt Creator) work?
> Click around various examples/demos for a while (GUI stress-testing)
> Audio/Video w/phonon
> Audio/Video w/QtMultimedia
> Raster paint engine works
> Image formats work
> Graphicsview
> OpenGL
> OpenVG
> Printing
> QML
> QtNetworking
> QtScript
> QtSql
> QtSvg
> WebKit works?
> Logging into a popular site (facebook, hotmail, gmail etc) using the 
> demo-browser
> Uploading an image to imgur.com using the demo-browser
> Watch a cat video on youtube using the demo-browser
> Xml
> qmlviewer (outside of qtdemo)
> Thanks Jason for a thorough list from the Qt 4 days!
> This testing should be distributed on as many people as possible to lower the 
> load on individuals, and to allow us to get as much feedback as quickly as 
> possible. This in turn allows for shorter test periods, and that way we can 
> get the Qt releases out according to our schedule(s).
> 
> The question is now, how do we organize this? We need a form, and a place to 
> collect them and allowing us to easily browse the reports and see the status 
> for any given release.
> 
> I don't think using SurveyMonkey would cut it with this scope. :)
> 
> How about maybe installing the "JIRA Issue Collector" plugin (You are not 
> required to have a Jira account to use the issue collector, as it can use a 
> fall-back account for general reporting!), allowing us to report against a 
> "Fix Version", and perhaps use "Labels" to distinguish between build dates? 
> Maybe these reports should have their own types (currently we only have 
> Bug/Task), like "Test Report"? Then on a no-go report, Jira "Bug" issues 
> could be created and linked to the "Test Report"?
> 
> Opinions?
> -- 
> .marius
> 
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