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[Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>]

do we have a 'test' team? i know that we have gurus and it seems like 
they are the ones that see to test things, but a lot of stuff seems to 
slip through and i think a dedicated testing team might be an idea to 
toss around.

Jeremy

Lyon Lemmens wrote:

> On Wednesday 25 September 2002 10:30, Julian v. Bock wrote:
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>
> > What do you mean with 'consider'?
> >    
>
> Firstly, I didn't mean this as a personal attack, so please don't take it as 
> one. It's just a general concern. it could have been anybody (even me :)
>
> The thing is, the drive to have the latest & greatest versions of software 
> can and will get you into trouble. A decade of system management has taught 
> me that.
>
> So with "consider" I mean, think of what might break and try that. No one 
> can ask you to rebuild after a version bump, but with a "gaze depends" you 
> could have seen the dependencies and cast them...
>
> Also, the documentation of db says the API of several db functions have 
> changed going from 4.0 to 4.1. So problems should have been expected.
>
>  
>
> > I knew there was the chance that some spells get broken, but I don't
> > have the time and resources to cast the whole grimoire after each
> > update. This is what the devel grimoire is intended for.
> >
> >    
>
> I don't agree. You can expect some unstableness in the devel grimoire, but I 
> don't think we should be using it as sandbox. I think these kind of changes 
> should be floated on the discuss or grimoire list first, for people to 
> check and test (and break) before going into the grimoire.
>
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