[maemo-developers] How to use extras-testing correctly?

[From: tero.kojo at nokia.com]

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>
> On Thu, September 24, 2009 13:01, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote:
>
> > > > I am well aware of that :)
> > > > But if I go thru extras-testing (and I really want to!) then it looks
> > > > like the Community has the last word on my application.
> > > >
> > > Yes, they do. It's a community effort, but look at it from the other
> > > side. Not one single person or entitiy can block your app. It takes more
> > > people to block it.
> > >
> >
> > I know.. but still.. scares me.. :)
> >
> I tried to make this as transparent as possible, by showing each vote
> together with the user. If people are trolling we should be easily be able
> to spot this.
>
> By letting the community doing this QA out in the open, we can prevent
> rejections without reasoning by a certain entity like we have seen in the
> news lately.

This transparency is actually the thing that makes me feel secure about the process. The testers are independent and operate with their own names.

The (ex-)qa-manager in me is also excited by the fact that for once the testers are really independant.

> However, in a democracy not everybody can be satisfied. Let's tackle
> issues when we actually get there.

Hear hear!
If the process does not work, then it get's changed. If it works we'll just be happy and discuss how to make it more efficient.

I'm already thinking that there might be a need for a Maemo testers' club that makes sure that even niche apps don't get stranded in testing.

Also I'll take the time to ask Nokia testing to look at the tooling issue. I would like to have some nice set of tools for testing the measurable aspects of applications (like battery usage as Igor pointed out).

And in any case we need to talk about Anidello's idea on feedback, with beer or not.

Tero

> >
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> >
>
> - Niels
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