Re: RCs explained (draft)

Hello Antony, Friday, February 16, 2007, 11:39:00 AM, you wrote: > On 02/16/2007 01:21 AM, Antony Dovgal wrote: >> We also can add a detailed description of what is release candidate, what's the >> difference comparing to a release etc. to qa.php.net >> and add a link to that page in the block. Actually, I'll try to write something >> tomorrow. > Please comment and correct (if needed). > Release Candidates > ------------------ > Release candidates are development packages released to check if any critical > problems have slipped into the code during the previous development period. > Release candidates are NOT for production use, they are for testing purposes only > even though in most cases there are (almost) no differences between the general > availability (GA) release and the last RC. > You can help us detect problems by installing and testing release candidates > on your own (non-production!) server. This should read: You can help yourself... > Installation problems. > First of all, make sure the build process (on *nix only) and installation went fine for you. > PHP supports quite a number of operating systems on different platforms and we continue > to work on increasing this number. > Although, you might encounter some problems during the installation and we would > like to know about them. > Test engine. > When done with the build, please run the test engine by using the 'make test' command > and send us the results (hit 'Y' when it asks you whether to send the report). > This way we'll receive the required information about your system to fix the problems > detected by the test suite (if any). > Real-life tests. > We would also appreciate if you install the RC on your development server and run > your software. This would help us to detect any (unintentional) changes between > the release candidates and general releases. > Such real-life tests are the most valuable because our test suite obviously cannot > cover every possible use case (but we're working on that). > -- > Wbr, > Antony Dovgal Best regards, Marcus