On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me take a step back and think aloud why we need a bug-tracking and > testing system (if only to clarify my understanding) and who/when does > it help. Following scenarios come to mind (and how they can be > handled best (again only my limited understanding)):
First of all, bug tracking are completely separate beasts, and should be considered separately. You can have either one without the other. Second: I don't care as much about bug tracking, except for the following case: if there is a bug tracker and I'm feeling bored and want to contribute a little, I'll check it for something that I think I can fix. If there is no such list, I won't do this, and I'll contribute less. I do *not* follow the mailing list closely enough to pick up bugs from there except by sheer chance, and this is not going to change. I really don't care where or how the list is kept, so long as there is a list. Third, regarding testing. I'm a coder, I know some ELisp, I *love* org-mode, and I would like to contribute. That said, I am completely uninterested in doing manual QA for Org. I am not going to go clicking around just to look for broken behavior. I have neither the time nor the interest. However, if there is an automated test suite I can promise you that a) I will run it before submitting any change I make; and b) I will add new tests to cover any functionality I add. However, you should take all of this with a grain of salt because I haven't submitted any code at all yet. -- Avdi Home: http://avdi.org Developer Blog: http://avdi.org/devblog/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/avdi Journal: http://avdi.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode