Re: slashdot post

All attention for TestFest is good attention. Slashdot is a place to get lots of it. ;) now, can the TestFest server handle a /.? ;) Stefan On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Lukas Kahwe Smith <mls@pooteeweet.org> wrote: > Hey, > > How about we put the testfest on /.? > > I have written up something .. not particular good .. especially the title > sucks big time, but maybe someone has a great inspiration. i have only > little karma on /., Scott said he has pretty good karma so he might post > this story in the end: > > PHP is encouraging end user participation in development > > Currently the PHP project is running the second incarnation of the <a > href="http://qa.php.net/testfest.php"ô†Ñó˜RÁ‰²;ã¯ð4 > >TestFest</a>. Instead of being content > with the classic role of OSS developers coding and "end users" mostly just > contributing with bug reports and feature requests, this event actively > encourages people in the community to organize themselves and to submit > tests that are reviewed and added to the PHP test suite by core PHP > developer who are also actively mentoring and guiding the various User > Groups participating in this global event. The result is a <a > > href="http://marc.info/?l=php-qa&m=124188476326011&w=2">spike</a> > in <a > href="http://gcov.php.net/">code > coverage</a>, solid bug reports and > improvements to the documentation. This could be a show case of a > bi-directional development model in the OSS world. > > regards, > Lukas Kahwe Smith > mls@pooteeweet.org > > > > > -- > PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Stefan Koopmanschap http://www.stefankoopmanschap.nl/ http://www.leftontheweb.com/