[Sugar-devel] [PATCH sugar-datastore 1/3] Add regression test for SL#2668

Simon Schampijer simon at schampijer.de
Thu Mar 31 12:16:00 EDT 2011


On 03/31/2011 09:03 AM, Sascha Silbe wrote:
> Excerpts from Simon Schampijer's message of Tue Mar 29 21:35:33 +0200 2011:
>
>> In general: I wonder if we should add test suites for specific bugs, or
>> if they should be just test the available API. Maybe a test that can be
>> done by a human [1] is good enough for those bugs.
>
> The best way to ensure high quality is by automating tests as much as
> possible. It provides instant feedback to developers (so a bug gets
> caught even prior to review) and enables system integrators to verify
> that Sugar works as intended on a target platform. It also gives our
> testers more time to test for bugs we don't already anticipate.

I agree on all those points.

> This particular bug was not caught by the existing (though still
> unreviewed) test suite [1-3] and a regression test seemed to be the best
> idea.

Ahh, I see - there is the plan for a full testsuite (aehm, unreviewed), 
go for it then.

Regards,
    Simon


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