crazy thought about how to ease QA testing

[Mike McCarty]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 17:54 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> 
>>So, instead of adding more hoops ("please, install a virtual image of 
>>all the other distros and do verify testing etc. there"), most focus 
>>should be put on making participation easier. 
> 
> 
> I am trying to make it easier.  I'm trying to make it so that people
> don't have to use their production systems as package fodder for our QA

That's the primary reason I haven't volunteered for testing for FC2.
I have an FC2 machine which I don't want to clobber. Isn't that
the *reason* Legacy exists? We don't want to clobber our machines.

> process.  I'm trying to make it so that those that really care about one
> release and do the work for one release can easily do the work for
> another release w/out having to support yet another system.  Just run a
> program anywhere that is convenient.
> 
> I am really opposed to any kind of automated testing that boils down to
> 'it installed here, guess it is good to go'.  I want human interaction
> on the packages, so I'm trying to make that human interaction easier.

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Mike
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