Fwd: Project Status

"Tim Diggins (Subs)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.httpunit.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Wolfgang & list

On Dec 30, 2007 10:11 AM, Wolfgang Fahl - BITPlan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking thru some more bug reports
> I think it will be essential that people that supply bugs and
> patches use the latest svn version as a reference and that
> proper testcases are supplied and potential bugs are first discussed in the
> mailing list before a tracker item is filed. There are quite a few open
> issues that need more prework by the community before the scarce
> development resources can be put effectively on the issues.
>

I can 100% see your point, but I think you may be asking a lot for
everyone who wants to report bugs to use the latest svn version. I
think it would be better to request good test cases (or rather good
steps-to-reproduce) - and ensure that they are produced to /either/
the latest released version, or the svn HEAD. better instead to try to
make sure that svn HEAD doesn't stray for too long from the released
version (release often?)

I think it always helps an OS dev community if there's a publicised
suggested bug reported process (no matter what that process is is). If
so, it's important to get that bug reporting process put onto the
httpunit website (maybe instead of the "bug database" link). The page
would contain an outline of process and a link to the mailing list &
tracker:

"""
If you believe you have discovered a bug then
 * Email the mailing list ([email protected])
with details of how to reproduce (something close to a readable test
case would be great) and whether you're using svn HEAD (give revision
number) or latest release (give release number)
 * You may then be encouraged to report it into the bug tracker
(http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=6550&atid=106550) or to
retest with svn HEAD, or to provide more details.
* if you have a patch or a suggested changeto httpunit code, you can use that
"""

what do you/others think?

also, what would you like me to start looking through (I will need to
get the latest version and start using it - I've been using an old and
patched version for a while).

all the best

Tim

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