[maemo-developers] Extras-testing improvements

[From: Sascha Mäkelä]

>
> No. The testing squad and testers in general also leave (I like to believe
> more often valuable than not) comments and suggestions. You will see plenty
> of 'X dialogue not finger friendly', 'use a hildon file dialogue', 'it is
> very slow while loading data', 'a WiFi-only refresh option would be good'
> or
> similar comments, which is all good feedback helping to improve software in
> the next iteration. And these comments DID NOT mean a thumbs down !
>
> Also, a misconception - the testing squad does not 'decide' whether a
> package
> is in or out. A package can be both promoted and demoted without a single
> vote from any testing squad member. The way I see it, the primary task is
> to
> provide votes and comments to packages that did not receive enough
> attention
> from the community (in the form of other testers/votes).
>
> Regards,
> Attila
>
>
Yes, I agree to a point. The Testing Squad certainly does give valuable
input and that should not be underestimated. However, the problem I was
talking about is that with the current system the improvements can only be
made in the next update, which the dev is in most cases unwilling to release
before the current one is promoter to Extras. After that he will release the
improved version, which takes at least 10 days to be promoted to Extras. In
the mean while someone else from the Testing Squad has another suggestion
and gain several weeks pass before the end user can benefit from these
improvements.

In other words, something that currently takes several weeks, could be done
in much shorter time if updates would be treated differently compared to new
apps. Of course, whenever changes are done to the code, something can break,
so proper testing is always needed. But there has to be a good balance in it
and I don't think the balance is that good at the moment.


Cheers,

Sascha
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