"Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:17:26PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> The release notes are available on day-1 of beta.
> Of course, but hoping that users will read the release notes and start
> testing everything in there isn't the same as putting out a call for
> testing on X, Y, and Z. The release notes also don't pay any attention
> to what's already handled by regression tests, and more important,
> what's not. Presumably doing things like testing syntax doesn't do
> nearly as much good as performance or scalability testing.
I think that trying to put forward any detailed testing guidelines could
be counterproductive. Testing is valuable to the extent that testers
try things the code authors did not think of. ISTM that publishing
"test this" recommendations would tend to slot testers' thoughts into
the same mindset the authors had.
regards, tom lane
