Hi Brad - We at ByWater would be willing to pledge a little bit of money towards QA. QA is very important and one of the last things anyone ever budgets for - but should be one of the top things (IMO). Let me know who I need to talk with there to pledge some money to the project.
Cheers, Brendan On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Brendan Gallagher <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: W. Brad LaJeunesse <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:38 AM > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen and QA > To: [email protected], > [email protected] > > > Fellow Evergreeners: > > At the "future of the staff client" developer meeting Quality Assurance > (QA) came up repeatedly. This is a serious issue that affects every one of > us. It obviously affects all users of Evergreen, whether staff or customer, > but it also greatly affects Equinox in that bugs and other software defects > increase our support load and also decreases overall satisfaction with the > Evergreen product. It's an issue we've been deeply concerned about for some > time. > > A few years ago, there was a formal and concerted QA effort. GPLS was > generous to fund it, and we were making good headway with nightly builds, > tests, etc. However, with funding cuts and other issues becoming priority, > QA has largely been ignored and we've all felt the result. As a community, > we need to correct this. > > Equinox would like to be part of the solution and we very much want to > re-launch and lead the QA effort, but we need the community's help and > support. We have a formative plan and we have resources we can devote, but > we need funding to make it happen. > > We propose that Jason Etheridge will be responsible for the QA project and > will direct and manage appropriate Equinox resources. Jason will have > authority to pull in any Equinox developer (or any other > personnel/resources), as needed, to get the job done. We propose that > Equinox devote a total of one FTE to the QA effort as well as any > server/hardware required. Jason will work closely with community > stakeholders, coordinate, and make sure Equinox's efforts are in line with > community needs. We expect, in the least, to have nightly builds and > increased automated test coverage. > > We believe that a 3-month period is enough to get started and see if this > effort is fruitful. We're looking for $30,000 to fund a 3-month effort. If > we're successful, then we'll search for further funding to keep rolling. > > I understand budgets are tight and we're all looking for ways to make > everything fit, but QA is an important and worthwhile project and we need > your help to make it happen--to make Evergreen better for all of us. > > If you're interested in making a pledge, just let me know. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > -- > W. Brad LaJeunesse > | President > | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > | email: [email protected] > | web: http://www.esilibrary.com > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan A. Gallagher ByWater Solutions CEO Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Installation, Data Migration, Training, Customization, Hosting and Complete Support Packages Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA - Office: West Haven, CT Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com [email protected]
