Hi Kathy,
I wanted to drop you an email to let you know that I have been doing
some testing on this new client. I do not feel confident enough to put
my name to any of the areas and I am afraid that I also do not know how
to update the wiki page anyway.
The areas that I have been looking at are:
patron management - creation, editing, searching
bill management - adding bills, partial payments, looking at bill
history etc
checkout of items
checkin of items
I haven't really noticed any differences in the interface or behaviour
between this new branch and the 2.2 release so I am hoping that this is
correct.
So I have tested some areas and am happy with what I have found. If you
would like me to test any more specific areas then I would be happy to
do so.
Hope this helps,
Fiona
On 19/07/2012 19:12, Kathy Lussier wrote:
Hello Evergreen community!
Please excuse cross postings.
Several months ago, Thomas Berezansky at MVLC submitted code to
support Evergreen on newer versions of XULRunner. Jason Stephenson has
written a great blog post about why this code is important at
http://blog.mvlcstaff.org/2012/05/testing-1-2-3.html. In addition to
providing more longevity for the Evergreen staff client, it also has
the potential to improve performance.
With the 2.3 beta feature freeze coming soon, I'm concerned that the
code might not get enough testing to get the sign off to be merged
into 2.3. Unlike other development branches, this code requires
testing in all parts of the staff client and really shouldn't be left
to one person. The more testers we have, the less likely we are to see
bugs when this code is eventually merged. To help with recruiting
volunteers, I have posted a page at
http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=qa:new_xul_testing where
volunteers can sign up to test various areas of the staff client. I
have already tested the MARC batch import interface and have
volunteered to review acquisitions as well. However, it wouldn't hurt
if others were willing to test those areas as well.
Testing does not need to be limited to developers. Thomas has made it
really easy to test this branch. He has set up a server running master
that also has the new XULRunner code loaded. Details for downloading a
client and logging into this server are available at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/942134/comments/1. Jason's
blog post also provides details on how you can load the branch on to
your own testing server.
If you find any bugs unique to the new XULRunner branch, you can
report them on the Launchpad bug at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/942134. It also might be a
good idea to report any successful testing here so that we know that a
function has been tested successfully.
I hope many of you consider helping out with this effort. It's a great
way to make a tangible contribution to the Evergreen community!
Kathy
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