[Desktop 12.10 Topic] Quality, testability for the desktop components

[David Klasinc]

On 04/18/2012 10:39 AM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:

> It would be also nice to see regular run and report of the testsuits for
> other components which already have one (i.e glib, gtk) and some testing
> of their rdepends before upload.

Almost a year ago, I wrote a short summary on current situation with 
Ubuntu and about a few ideas on how to make things better [1]. Some of 
that stuff is already obsolete, but some is still valid.

My point was, if Ubuntu is a community project, then QA should also be a 
part of community.

The problem with testing is that it is annoying, something that you have 
to do and a lot of times it is quickly dismissed by people that "don't 
belong to the ugly corporate world". Which is sad.

I was thinking about a certification system for programs and this system 
would also require some testing and QA for the programs. I believe that 
people need to be motivated for writing all those tests. And before they 
start, they need some guidelines on how this is done, what is required 
and so on.

Something similar to what Jono is now doing with Achievements, but for 
applications, programs, components, not for people.

[1] http://www.twm-kd.com/linux/made-for-ubuntu-certificate-proposal/

Regards,
David