On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:47:33 +0100 Julian Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. I mentioned this to Tim earlier, but I'd appreciate you folks' > help on making the test suite better. It currently has some xmlrpc > tests using a mock slave, but it's really quite hard to use the real > thing which is why we've never done it and relied on dogfood QA > instead. Some fresh ideas would be good! >
We've talked about this. Unfortunately, we've created this positive feedback loop currently where we're scrambling to keep the build farm alive instead of being proactive. I assume once that dies down, it'll be much better. > 2. Never, ever skip QA on a buildfarm-related change (even if we did > have full test suite coverage). This was learned the hard way... > > 3. I'm going to compile a wiki page of basic QA tasks that must pass > when testing build farm jobs. Your input on this would be invaluable. > > We're also going to be putting a builder and a buildd-manager on > staging soon. Watch this space. This would be much more helpful to me, since it's easier for me to wrangle a LOSA than it is for me to wrangle Soyuz folk (who've usually EOD'd soon after I start my day. Cheers, Paul _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
