3.0 testing priorities

[Dirk Hohndel]

Amit Chaudhuri <amit.k.chaudhuri at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all.
>
> I have OS X 10.8 and OpenSUSE 12.1 to hand.  Latest git is now on both so
> happy to carry out various tests.  I suspect that OS X is where most effort
> ought to go (more coverage on Linux IIRC).  Any particular areas anyone
> would suggest for particular attention?

The important part for OS X is testing of the binary packages that I
create. The bugs that we have tend to come from pieces missing or being
wired incorrectly in the installers.

Additionally we have repeatedly seen cases where there are subtle
differences between regular Linux, Ubuntu, Windows and Mac.

So my request for the Mac testing would be

a) get the latest installer (after dealing with all the pending changes
here I'll put one up for upload -
http://subsurface.hohndel.org/downloads is browsable and you should be
able to easily find the latest) and test exactly what an end user would
get, not what you would build

b) go through an as complete as possible user experience. So download
from a dive computer, import from an SDE or DLD file (one of the
compressed formats that require XSLT to work correctly). Edit things,
modify trips, maybe download GPS info from the web service.

c) make sure that Mac integration is sane. Are there things that don't
behave as they should?


Thanks, this is extremely helpful

Now we need a volunteer to do the same with the Windows
installer. Besides Lubomir, do we have anyone who usually usues Windows?
But actually, once again I don't want people to build themselves but use
the installer instead, so anyone with access to XP / Win7 / Win8 can
help...


/D