Re: RCs explained (draft)

Hello Antony, Monday, February 19, 2007, 7:12:27 PM, you wrote: > On 02/19/2007 08:40 PM, Marcus Boerger wrote: >>> 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... > I believe running the test engine and providing us with feedback users help _us_ in the first > place. If they only help us they wouldn't do anything. So we need to make clear that they help themselves by running the tests and their own software. >>> 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