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Sasler | # 41 | 2010-01-20, 18:15 | Report

Yet, if detailed manually filled change-log would be required to transfer the votes, it might give a rather good indication what needs to be tested again. I agree that whenever and update is released, testing is needed. But how much, depends on the amount and type of changes. Also, it should never mean that it's a completely new app, because that it's not... in most of the cases.

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RevdKathy | # 42 | 2010-01-20, 18:19 | Report

Originally Posted by Sasler View Post

Yet, if detailed manually filled change-log would be required to transfer the votes, it might give a rather good indication what needs to be tested again. I agree that whenever and update is released, testing is needed. But how much, depends on the amount and type of changes. Also, it should never mean that it's a completely new app, because that it's not... most of the cases.

That might work: if the developer believes that the app shouldn't need full re-testing, s/he could apply to have previous votes ported, with a full change-log. Alternatively, s/he would have the choice to simply re-upload the app and start the testing process again.

That would reduce the workload on the 'testing-masters' to only those situations (such as adding a help file) where the dev is very confident that the changes don't affect stability.

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Jaffa | # 43 | 2010-01-20, 18:21 | Report

Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post

I think you highlight a very specific problem though - the issue of votes being lost if a small improvement is made.

Which is raised in every single other discussion about Extras-testing. Seriously, this is fragmenting the discussion and we'll just end up with different sub-groups making the same points over and over again - or, worse, different people thinking different solutions are going to be enacted.

It's also worth mentioning that talk.maemo.org has yet to cover anything which hasn't already been discussed on maemo-developers. I suggest anyone who wants to really get involved and make this better starts reading there, and then the other threads which try to take a step back here.

I move this thread is closed, or merged into one of the many existing ones.

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Jaffa | # 44 | 2010-01-20, 18:28 | Report

PS. anyone who thinks that any repackage or change to the source code can't introduce a large and horrible regression has never done any serious programming :-)

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fatalsaint | # 45 | 2010-01-20, 18:54 | Report

Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post

Thank you for taking me seriously

I always take direct questions seriously. I do not take warnings seriously. Any warning I issue is issued probably for good reason.. but will likely never make any sense

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ETA: I'm with Jaffa and Tex ^^.. should be merged.

RevdKathy | # 46 | 2010-01-20, 18:58 | Report

Should have been merged three pages ago.

sjgadsby | # 47 | 2010-01-20, 19:07 | Report

Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post

Should have been merged three pages ago.

Humph. Had someone used "Report This" and suggested a specific, existing thread for the merge, it may have come sooner.

EDIT: Okay, apparently Texrat did do exactly that. (See below.) I haven't received the resulting email message though.

Anyway, the thread "Seriously! Extras-testing procedures stink" with twenty-six posts has been merged into this thread.

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Texrat | # 48 | 2010-01-20, 19:10 | Report

Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post

Humph. Had someone used "Report This" and suggested a specific, existing thread for the merge, it may have come sooner.

I did.

Sasler | # 49 | 2010-01-20, 19:13 | Report

Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post

Humph. Had someone used "Report This" and suggested a specific, existing thread for the merge, it may have come sooner.

Anyway, the thread "Seriously! Extras-testing procedures stink" with twenty-six posts has been merged into this thread.

Yeah, sorry for causing unnecessary work by starting a new thread.

chemist | # 50 | 2010-01-20, 19:38 | Report

is this now to be merged with http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=41179
?? just received on for the stinks thread to be merged over to it... whole thread or from which post on?