2011-01-13 Developer Meeting

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Last updated: Aug 17, 2011 by Burke MamlinVersion comment
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Date

13/Jan/2011

In Attendance

Agenda

Minutes

  • Time Keeper: TBD

Real-time collaborative notes - please update wiki after meeting

(15 min late starting)

1.8 Update (40 min)

  • Beta is released
  • RC1 coming soon. Until then, more testing needs to be done. RC1 can't be released until at least one (ideally 2+) implementations have tested.
  • A recurring theme over the last several releases has been a limited pool of testers. (Implementations tend to have very limited people & technology resources to volunteer for testing.)
    • Darius: Should this type of testing happen with a RC version instead? Takes time for volunteers to test so many modules. 1.8 is likely to break some modules due to the changes in widgets.
    • Burke: Let's see what type of testing can be automated. Wyclif will coordinate.
    • Paul: Many applications (especially beyond open source communities) release without having external implementation feedback. We may be putting a non-sustainable burden on people & organizations that don't have resources.
    • Michael: To replace implementer testing at a minimum it's necessary to have a formal documented QA testing process (use cases, etc.).
    • Roger: We should communicate with module developers about the changes in trunk that could break their modules and encourage them to test/fix.
  • TODO: Michael to create a module mailing (notification) list and use those listed in the module repository as initial subscribers.
  • TODO: Wyclif to explicate the goals & tasks to test bundled modules in the Testing Releases page. He will work with module developers to make sure test cases are complete.
  • 2 or 3 tickets not yet completed.
  • Ben: Working on a patch that Upul started docs:TRUNK-26@ticket to modify the initialization wizard. This could be modified for pre-release testing that could connect to an external existing database and copy it into the virtual appliance for testing. (This functionality would only be turned on for the appliance distribution.)
  • TODO: Wyclif will coordinate developing webdriver tests. Ben sent a mail to a volunteer interested in testing.

Daniel Kayiwa (5 min)

  • Ben introduced Daniel Kayiwa, who is joining the core development team full time.

1.9 Design

Multiple Providers per Encounter (50 min)

Support for visits (15 min)

Outcomes

100%

TODO's

  1. handler

    Wyclif to explicate the goals & tasks to test bundled modules in the Testing Releases page. He will work with module developers to make sure test cases are complete.

    Priority MEDIUM
    michael
    Jan 14, 2011
  2. handler

    Michael to create a module mailing (notification) list and use those listed in the module repository as initial subscribers.

    Priority MEDIUM
    michael
    Jan 14, 2011

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