Hi! On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Agostino Sarubbo wrote: > 4) Nobody knows how work all packages in tree, so there are > obvious packages like a browsers, IM, audio player,that is easy > decide if is ok or not, but there are also packages that an > Arch tester has never seen, so is a lack of time everytime > google about it or ask to maintainer, so, please specify what > test you want for this package; e.g. > > -only compile test > -compile test and make sure src_test goes well > -make sure /usr/bin/${foo} works properly in ${that} manner > -see 5) about library > > So, you can write one time 'how to' and copy/paste for the > future stablereq; I guess I'm not asking a long and difficult > task.
I'd like to point out that the Emacs people have a very nifty list of "how to test our stuff": http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/emacs/wiki/test%20plans If you want to be an awesome maintainer, have something like this for the archtesters, especially for the more obscure packages as Agostino pointed out. Regards, Tobias