[maemo-developers] QA from extras-devel to extras-testing

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On May 11, 2009, at 12:43, Sebastian 'CrashandDie' Lauwers wrote:

> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Jeremiah Foster
> <jeremiah at jeremiahfoster.com> wrote:
>> There is no other way. Here's why;
>>
>>        1. Too many packages - humans don't scale well.
>>        2. The promotion policy needs to be tested by an automated  
>> process
>> with proper regression and unit tests - this is a standard part of
>> professional quality assurance, there is no reason that maemo
>> shouldn't have the same professional standards.
>
> No professional company that knows two things about its business would
> rely on automated scripts to do regression.

Well I have direct experience from a company valued at over 30 Billion  
US dollars which directly contradicts your statement. In fact, I would  
have you back up your statement with evidence. Name one public company  
in the Fortune 500 that does not employ automated testing when writing  
software.

> Regression testing and QA is done by individuals. Low-income
> individuals in Romania or India, maybe, but individuals nonetheless.
> The scripts they execute are delivered by the PM/PA covering the
> changes.

Thats funny, I could have sworn that the QA system on debian was  
automated. As is CPAN's, as is . . . well, I think you understand.

> Please don't make up arguments as you go just to suit your point of
> view of the day.


I don't see how this gratuitous remark adds to the discussion.  
Remember that these discussions are public and we should strive be  
civil.

Jeremiah