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

[Jim Taylor]

Thanks.

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From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of liam.whalen at bc.libraries.coop
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Test Writing Day

Here is quick blurb on the Wiki with a couple of links for more reading if you are interested.

http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:test_writing_day

Liam

uoting 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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