Re: TestFest 2012

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM, till <till@php.net> wrote: > >> We'd like to start on this as well. Did you guys decide on a rough >> timeframe, etc.? Which versions would we focus on? >> >> I'm thinking a TestFest prior to releasing a PHP 5.4.0 final would be >> nice too. More testing, more fixes? >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Till >> > > Hi, > > Given that we are so close to relasing 5.4.0 and that we are already in > the codefreeze, I'm not sure that we have enough time to organize the > testfest, but I'm sure that it would be really nice. > I'm cc'ing the RMs for 5.4, so they are in the loop. > For the testfest itself I see two area where there are room for great > improvements: > - having all test failures eliminated (or at least confirmed that it is a > bug, and an issue is created for tracking it) > - improving the coverage of the poorly documented core/pecl extension > (see http://gcov.php.net/PHP_5_4/lcov_html/ for the core > extensions) > What else would you like to be focused on? > What you mentioned are obvious. I think we focused on those every time. We could also run testfest with the objective to roll a new release after it ran. That would work too – bugfix release or maintenance, whatever is the outcome. ;) Are there other areas like the CI setup or something where ppl could contribute too? Till