Re: The release game
Reply #1 –
install / upgrade instructions.
Re: The release game
Reply #2 –
Bump for part two: quality.
Let's face it: at the moment the project is not in a position to effectively test everything. Automated testing covers a very limited part of the code (it's mostly a demo), and there aren't many people testing it (of course a limited but active number of tester is still much more effective than a large but inactive set).
So, let's assume today we decide to release a beta, how long should it be tested live here (that I think is by far the most effective way to test it at the moment) before the product can be considered "stable enough" for release?
Obviously non-final and final are two different beasts: betas are mostly untested (at least not deeply tested) and may require more time to reach a bare minimum stability, but can be released even with some glitch. Release candidates (in the original sense of the term, so a release that may just receive a change in the name to become final) on the other hand should be as much as possible "bug-free" (okay, let's say...without known issues), but they should be already much more tested (considering the beta/s before) and so should have very few minor buglets, but these buglets may be more difficult to find.
I think that during the latest site upgrades, most of the bugs have been discovered in no more than a week: the most critical are discovered immediately while upgrading, the most important are identified in the first day or so, and the rest (maybe even important, but in some "remote" page) are discovered usually pretty soon after.
Considering our next and first release is a beta, I think we could accept some risk and say that one week of testing here should be enough to guarantee that any major feature works as expected and major bugs are identified.
Does it make sense?
Re: The release game
Reply #10 –
I've sent the URL to the package to both of you. I've also given translator access to both of you at sp.net.
Re: The release game
Reply #11 –
[SiNaN], that translation tool looks really nice. Well done..
Re: The release game
Reply #12 –
Thank you! I could send you the package as well, if you wanted to take a look at it.