-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:35:05 +0100 > Von: Alexandre Deckner <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > An: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [haiku-development] Re: Alpha 1 Discussion: an overview > Urias McCullough wrote : > > > > I completely second this notion. If partitioning is the most dangerous > > part of a Haiku install, then it should be the most tested. There is > > no better way to test it than to get it out in the wild complete with > > BIG DISCLAIMERS. > > > > [.....] > > > > I've got all sorts of hardware lying around to throw at Haiku for > > testing purposes - someone just needs to indicate that Haiku's > > DriveSetup replacement is ready for pre-alpha/alpha testing. > > > > > > > Hi! > Well, speaking about testing, before getting out in wild, i think there > is an intermediary solution. > It could be interesting to have a way to organize testing within the > small (for now) community. For that, it would be nice to add a way to > post testing jobs (on track if possible). > For example, a developer has finished a driver and would like some > people to test his work. For now, he can only wait for 'bug' (negative) > tickets to appear, or at best, say hey in the mailing list, but there's > no real tracking of the tests. > I think it would be more productive for all to post a 'testing > job/request' so that one can evaluate the number of negative _and_ > positive tests. We could then picture more precisely how ready and > polished things are, and allow developers to have a quicker response > from the users. > To summarize, we could use some infrastructure for the testing work. +1 Best regards, -Stephan