1-2-3 out, time for FC2?

[Mike McCarty]

Eric Rostetter wrote:
> Quoting Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net>:
> 
>> I have volunteered some time for test if
> 
> 
> I will assume you mean the second part of QA, the "verify" step.

Well, perhaps I used the word "test" in a technical sense.
In my background, test means "verification of proper operation".

> 
>> (1) The changes can be "contained" so that they do not compromise
>>     my machine if they fail. IOW, there is a guaranteed backout
>>     which loses no information.

[snip]

>> So far, (1) has been a sticking point, I think.
> 
> 
> This is a fact of life, and nothing specific to the FL Project.
> And it applies to released packages (ala the recent sendmail
> debacle) as well as test packages.
> 
> In other words, there is little that FL can do to help you meet those
> two constraints.  Even if we offered a virtual machine test environment,
> your lack of disk space would probably prohibit its use.

Most likely.

> Now, here is the real kicker:
> 
> You can do the first step of QA (publish votes rather than verify votes)
> on ANY system and without compromising the system at all.  It only involves
> comparing the files to other known files, etc.  You don't have to install
> anything on the system.  So, you can help, within your constraints, if
> you choose, by doing the first QA step rather than the second.

Ok, if you can give me more information, I'll be glad to donate some
time.

Mike
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