On Thursday 10 Feb 2011 16:13:32 Gabor Szabo wrote: > hi, > > As we discussed on IRC we would like to improve the > quality of Padre. As it is a desktop project we find it > very hard to create automated test. > > So we try to do manual testing. > > Zeno has started to write a number of use cases for > Padre that will build up to become a check-list that need > to be tested before every release. > > Some of them can be implemented as automatic scripts but > it is nice to have even those listed. > > As a first step we need help in writing down similar use cases. > Later we will start to look for people who will be ready to check these > things before every release. > > Each use case must be short, maybe 2-3 minutes, so people > can do one when they have a few minutes spare time. Later > we will need to provide a way for people to say they checked > one of them and to tell us which version of Padre and what > operating system did they use and if the result was ok or not? > > So what we need now is people who like Padre and would like to > make sure a feature works. Please go to the wiki and add a > test case detailing how that feature can be tested. > > http://padre.perlide.org/trac/wiki/PreReleaseChecklist >
Just to note that Firefox has similar manual tests called the Litmus tests (though they may take more than 2-3 minutes). I performed some of them to beta-test Firefox, and enjoyed it, and learned a lot about Firefox in the process: https://litmus.mozilla.org/ So something like that for Padre will be very nice. I'm not sure if the source code behind "Litmus" is available or if they will agree to host another project, but I can try to find out. If not, maybe it's time for OpenLitmus or LibreLitmus (well, with a different name.). Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Apple Inc. is Evil - http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/apple/ Chuck Norris can make the statement "This statement is false" a true one. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Padre-dev mailing list Padre-dev@perlide.org http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
