Draft laptop testing spec

[Carl Karsten]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 06:38:32PM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> 
> 
>>Perosnaly, I would like to see something like the Ubunto Hardware Database 
>>wizard thingy.  I don't mind doing a suite of tests once or twice and 
>>poking around to see why they failed, but it gets old quick.  When I think 
>>about how many others are doing the exact same thing, the programmer in me 
>>gets ill.  I realize this one will be a little bit harder given that 1/2 
>>the tests could lock up the box and most of them would require root.  But I 
>>bet such a tool would A) generate about 10x as much data that would B) be 
>>2x as usefull - it would be in a consistant format, there wouldn't be the 
>>human factor ("I hit the button and it didn't work.")
> 
> 
> We've discussed the idea of extending hwdb-client to incorporate some of
> this functionality.  Is this a project that you'd be interested in working
> on?
> 
> Of course, this doesn't supersede the need for formal test plans.  Not
> everything can be tested automatically, and often additional guidance is
> needed for a thorough test of a particular device beyond what can be
> automated.
> 

I would love to, but I don't consider my skill set even close to adequate for 
this. (I do VFP+SQL on Windows, but that doesn't help much here.)  However, I have 
a few friends that might be up to it.  I'll spread the word.

Carl K