RE: UK Informix meeting...

My knowledge of the QA procedure is more general. I'm not that much into the daily QA details ... :-) Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 27.05.2005 15:25:03: > > Martin Fuerderer wrote > > > > Every night, the products are built from scratch (i.e. all > > objects are compiled anew, libraries built and then binaries > > are linked). The resulting products are then installed on > > test machines and tests are run against the products. All > > this and the following is done on different platforms as well > > (i.e. not just on the development platform). > > > > Not all tests are running on one machine in one night. > > Tests are "striped" across the test machines and the > > combination of test/machine is rotated. > > This way still all the tests are run every night. > > > > These tests ensure that if a new source code change causes a > > problem (aka "regression") this gets caught very early in the > > cycle and thus will be fixed early > > (immediately) for the next night's run. > > > > For this to work, all the tests need to be automated so that > > they can be run in an automated complex test framework. > > Results are kept for reference in a ... > > you guessed it ... IDS database. :) > > > > Additionally to these tests, there are other, more complex > > tests plus so called stress tests that are not fully > > automated but are still run at regular intervals. > > > > I hope this satisfies your curiosity. :) > > Almost ... ;-) > > How many of these tests are done on Tru64 ? > > Colin Bull > > ======================================================================= > This email may contain confidential and privileged information and is intended for the named or > authorised recipients only. If you are not the named or authorised recipient of this email, > please note that any copying, distribution, disclosure or use of its contents is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and > then destroy it. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those held by VNL, and VNL > does not accept any liability for any action taken in reliance on the contents of this message. > VNL does not guarantee that the integrity of this email has been maintained, nor that it is free > of viruses, interceptions or interference. > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list