On 06/25/2012 08:40 AM, Sorin Burjan wrote: > Hello, > > As you know, we have defined a supported database strategy, found > here: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/DatabaseSupportStrategy > > At the moment, in our release notes, we report the supported list of > databases in the "Tested Databases" section. This is a little bit > misleading, because we don't perform a full manual test on each of > them. Also, at the moment, we don't have automated tests running on > these databases. > > What I currently do is to test migration on each databases from an > older version (in my case, I am using 2.7.2) to the current upcoming > release. I usually perform these tests before RC1 so we make sure > issues won't slip in the final release. Also, this testing is done on > vanilla wiki's, so they don't reflect or simulate a large wiki > migration with thousands of users and pages. > > What I want to propose is: > > 1) improve the "Tested Databases" section, so we list that we only > test migrations and we don't perform a full test on each of the > databases. This would mean adding a small explanation about this in > the release notes pages.
+1 for being as honest as we can about what we do and what we don't do. > > 2) When we release a new version, migrate myxwiki.org to the latest > version, so users using it can report possible issues due to > migration. This is a little hard for me to do since if something goes > wrong, I could break a lot of things. Someone with more experience > should do it, if there volunteers. I think this is already established as standard practice, unfortunately we often lack the time or do not think to do it. I would suggest 2 additional ideas: #1 brainstorm how we can automate functional tests running on multiple databases. Currently storage-tests run with and without filesystem attachments enabled so the basic framework for tests on multiple configurations exists. What we need is a developer with the time and the dedication to want to make it happen, perhaps it could be considered as a candidate for the 4.3 roadmap. #2 brainstorm how we can automate upgrades of myxwiki.org, this is a huge project so IMO it should be broken up and resolved as a set of small issues, similarly to how the release process has been (partially) automated. Getting the issues out of the way to make this work is beneficial to users in the field as well. Thanks, Caleb > > I am waiting your feedback about this since I want to improve the > visibility of testing, and also try to test migrations in a more real > world environment > > > Regards, > Sorin B. > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
