Testing Updates RFC

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Jeff Spatula and I spoke on IRC last night, and brainstormed up an idea=20
for these Testing Updates.

We need to develop a System Verification Test Suite, that will do some=20
generic tests to ensure functionality of some core components of the=20
system.  I do believe such tests exist for build verification.  This=20
framework can be used so that the developer of a given package=20
errata(or update) can provide a smallish test case with the proposed=20
update.  These test cases should be scriptable, possibly attached to=20
the bugzilla entry for the update.  When the announcement is made that=20
there is a new testing update, the end user could then install the=20
update and run the test script which checks for functionality, and=20
anti-regression.  We felt that if test cases were provided, many more=20
people would be willing to A) test the package, and B) provide=20
releveant test data.  The biggest part about testing an update is=20
getting it on as many different hardware sets as possible.  Anything to=20
make this easier is a Good Thing(tm).

Anyhow, I know this RFC is horribly structured, but I would like to get=20
some feedback on this idea.

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Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE (geek.j2solutions.net)
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