Thanks Akhila, I think that is a good description. FYI, there is a
glossary here which I've now linked off of the main page.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Glossary
Please feel free to add/update/correct/use. Don't let that stop you from
asking questions though! Sometimes even definitions can be confusing :-)
Nicholas
On 08/08/2012 03:16 AM, D Akhila Hegde wrote:
Like Nicholas quoted, /Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software
testing/ because we don't test each and every aspect of the product
but the ones that are crucial. It's a positive testing because, we are
/ascertaining that the most crucial functions of a program *work*/,
which means we are trying to make sure that the product we have is
'testable', and has no blocker bugs.
Well, that's what I know. Any corrections?
Akhila
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Nicholas Skaggs
<nicholas.ska...@canonical.com <mailto:nicholas.ska...@canonical.com>>
wrote:
I hope John doesn't mind me sharing his question, since it's a
good one :-)
From google,
/Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software testing, ascertaining
that the most crucial functions of a program work, but not
bothering with finer details/
I think that sums up what I mean when I say smoke tests. In
practice, you'll find the smoketests to be a series of yes/no
questions. This differs from the step-by-step instructions with
actions and expected results of our normal testcases. Those tests
(like for example, iso testing), are meant to cover as many
details as possible to find out any and all bugs. When we test
something as large as the kernel or audio, we typically utilize
testcases that are more in line with smoke-testing to ensure
general compatibility and functionality. Make sense?
Now, this probably belongs on our wiki someplace. Phil? Others? Ideas?
Nicholas
On 08/07/2012 06:32 PM, John Kim wrote:
It may sound silly, but what are smoke tests?
On Aug 7, 2012 3:23 PM, "Nicholas Skaggs"
<nicholas.ska...@canonical.com
<mailto:nicholas.ska...@canonical.com>> wrote:
For those of you running quantal looking for something easy
to test (outside of the iso testing going on this week :-) ),
consider testing the new version of pulseaudio for quantal.
The testcase is simple and is located here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/225/builds/20458/testcases
It's a basic series of smoketests. Details on how to use the
qatracker are here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/CallforTesting/Walkthrough
As always if you need help, email myself or the list. Cheers!
Nicholas
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