Re: RCs explained (draft)

On 02/20/2007 03:15 AM, Mike R wrote:

Antony Dovgal write: On 02/19/2007 08:40 PM, Marcus Boerger wrote: 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. Well, saying that they help only themselves is not true.

"You can help yourself and the PHP team detect problems by installing..." I'd say that was more accurate and more likely to inspire people to contribute.

I'd reorder it like this: "You can help the PHP team and yourself detect problems by installing..." Ok, here is the final version. ============================================== 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 the PHP Team and yourself detect problems by installing and testing release candidates on your own (non-production!) server. 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. If you encounter any problems during the installation, we would like to know about them. Testing the installation. 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). Each and every report goes towards helping us provide the best software we can, your feedback is a valuable resource and the PHP group would hereby like to extend their gratitude for your effort. 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 does not yet cover every possible use case (but we're working on that). ============================================== -- Wbr, Antony Dovgal