[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

[Jim Taylor]

Is there a link to a document somewhere that explains "Test Writing Day"?   What is the purpose, what happens, how does one get involved, etc.?   I assume the name is somewhat self-explanatory but the extended discussion here makes me think my first guess was wrong.  I browsed the top level of the web site but didn't see anything.

Thanks. 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:47 AM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List; open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

Hi all,

Just to add some clarification on the dates, test-writing day is scheduled for today, November 17 and the point release is scheduled for tomorrow, November 18.

I clarified the dates in IRC earlier when I realized there was confusion on the dates, but I neglected to send a follow-up email to the lists.

Liam, I don't know how you want to proceed on re-scheduling or not, but I think it's fine to continue today.

Kathy

On 11/17/2015 12:30 PM, liam.whalen at bc.libraries.coop wrote:
> Because I scheduled the current Test Writing Day to take place on the 
> same day as the Monthly Maintenance, I will postpone test writing day 
> until next week.
>
> Here is a Doodle poll to help choose the new date:
>
> http://doodle.com/poll/6mbgkn22d29y25r3
>
> I will add this new date to the Evergreen community calendar by the 
> end of Friday this week.
>
> Liam
>
> Quoting Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>:
>
>> Quoting Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>:
>>
>>> Jason, do you think there will be much of a conflict with release 
>>> day if we hold off on merging any of the tests until after tomorrow?
>>> The patches from the August test writing day weren't merged until 
>>> last week, and, I don't see why it would be a problem waiting a few 
>>> days to merge this batch.
>>
>> For monthly releases, I doubt that it would be a huge deal. I don't 
>> think the tests would normally get back ported to the release branches.
>>
>> I just recall that 2.9.0 release day was a bit of a pain because 
>> people kept pushing documentation commits after I had already started 
>> working on the release.
>>
>> I still think it would be a good idea to have test writing day or any 
>> other day involving code or documentation to fall on days other than 
>> release days.
>>
>> It is tough enough to get releases together without the added 
>> distractions.
>>
>> (Particularly difficult for me since our release schedule seems to 
>> fall on the day after my consortium's Executive and/or Membership 
>> meetings, so I have a day full of meeting the day before the 
>> release.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>> --
>> Jason Stephenson
>> Assistant Director for Technology Services Merrimack Valley Library 
>> Consortium
>> 4 High ST, Suite 175
>> North Andover, MA 01845
>> Phone: 978-557-5891
>> Email: jstephenson at mvlc.org
>
>
>

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