Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-07-04 Thread Casper . Dik
>On 7/4/05, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For a lot of the byte-size changes, it is possible to look at the >> source changes to know whether it is correct. If course not for all >> of them. > >Knowing whether a change is correct, and knowing whether that change >will have ripp

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-07-04 Thread Shawn Walker
On 7/4/05, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For a lot of the byte-size changes, it is possible to look at the > source changes to know whether it is correct. If course not for all > of them. Knowing whether a change is correct, and knowing whether that change will have ripple effec

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-07-04 Thread Joerg Schilling
Keith M Wesolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 05:39:22PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Eric Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If a change is really small, it should be possible to verify the change > > by just looking at it (doing code review). > > Code review

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-07-01 Thread Keith M Wesolowski
On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 05:39:22PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Eric Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If a change is really small, it should be possible to verify the change > by just looking at it (doing code review). Code review is not a substitute for testing. If the expectation is tha

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-07-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Eric Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The testing will be based on the scope and content of the bug. For a > simple fix to a utility, it may be sufficient to simply roll your own > handmade regression tests. For more complicated changes, such as those > to libraries, kernel, or system interf

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-06-29 Thread Jim Walker
Nice lead in Eric :) To signup on the opensolaris testing-discuss list you just send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then reply to the confirmation message. The testing community page outlines some of the initiatives we are working on: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/opensolaris_test_qe

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-06-29 Thread Eric Schrock
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 08:48:16PM +0200, Jasse Jansson wrote: > > And how will the community test those fixes in a proper way? > > Are the special test tools needed (yeah, I know they exist) > or will 'continuous use' count as testing? > > Well, I'm not on the 'test list', maybe I should subscr

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-06-29 Thread Jasse Jansson
On Jun 29, 2005, at 8:24 PM, Eric Schrock wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:11:45AM -0700, Brian Y Wong wrote: there was a short discussion last night about bite-size bugs in the OpenSolaris User Group. I took a look, and many of these bugs already have proposed fixes. Why not just apply

Re: [osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-06-29 Thread Eric Schrock
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:11:45AM -0700, Brian Y Wong wrote: > there was a short discussion last night about bite-size bugs in the > OpenSolaris User Group. I took a look, and many of these bugs already have > proposed fixes. Why not just apply the fixes and get on with more > interesting pro

[osol-discuss] bite-size bugs

2005-06-29 Thread Brian Y Wong
there was a short discussion last night about bite-size bugs in the OpenSolaris User Group. I took a look, and many of these bugs already have proposed fixes. Why not just apply the fixes and get on with more interesting problems? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___