[Sugar-devel] Call for testing

[Christian Marc Schmidt]

On Jan 17, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Simon Schampijer  
> <simon at schampijer.de> wrote:
>> Great, I will think about the test protocol, too. And, i will work  
>> on a
>> patch that helps us to easily switch between the two scenarios for  
>> testing.
>>
>> Thanks for all those thoughts - I think we are on the right track,
>
> IMO, automated evaluation would also be useful.  For example, logging
> how often various menu items are clicked.  Just adding a log print to
> each UI control would be sufficient; we can harvest and analyze the
> logs later.
>
> For example, it might be useful to know how many new activities are
> started before/after the change.  If it goes up by a little, we're
> probably okay.  But if it goes up drastically, it might be a problem.
> I don't think we need to get into deep statistical analysis, but it
> might be useful to have the data available.
>
> -Wade

That is a very good idea. How long would it take to implement?

Christian