<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=39868 >
On 11/16/07, Christian Prochaska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=39868 > > > > [wsimpson - Fr 16. Nov 2007, 09:32:20]: > > > > Daniel Markstedt wrote: > > > Not necessarily. It may also be something that has ceased to work as > > > intended, regardless of having been previously reported as a bug or > > > not. > > > > > Sorry, perhaps you're not a native English speaker (although I've no > > previous cause to complain), but these terms have specific meanings in > > computer science. Sometimes, new bugs are just broken code.... > > > > Regression testing is usually a suite of tests, usually developed by > > experience with previous bugs. For more background, the en.wikipedia > > article isn't too bad. > > > > Your suggested en.wikipedia article > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_testing) says: > > "Regression bugs occur whenever software functionality that previously > worked as desired, stops working or no longer works in the same way that > was previously planned. Typically regression bugs occur as an unintended > consequence of program changes." > > And from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_regression: > > "A software regression is a software bug which makes a feature stop > working after a certain event (system upgrade, system patching, daylight > saving time switch, etc.)" > > This doesn't read like "re-introduction of a previously existing bug" to > me. It might be a special meaning of the word "regression", but > obviously not the "one and only". > > Perhaps the term is used differently in different branches of the software engineering field/business. Where I happen to work (web browser) the term is used in the sense I described. ~Daniel _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
