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

[liam.whalen at bc.libraries.coop]

I do not have a page on the Wiki yet describing test writing day.  I  
wrote a quick explanation during the first one.  I will summarize it  
on the Wiki.  Basically, we have a few pieces of code with the tag  
test-writing-day-# on it.  People assign themselves one of those bugs  
(or choose something they want to write a test for), and write a test  
case for it using PgTap or Perl depending on the code in question.

Liam

Quoting Jim Taylor <jtaylor at jtdata.com>:

> 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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