Pulseaudio 2.1 Testing

[D Akhila Hegde]

Like Nicholas quoted, *Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software
testing*because we don't test each and every aspect of the product but
the ones
that are crucial. It's a positive testing because, we are *ascertaining
that the most crucial functions of a program work*, which means we are
trying to make sure that the product we have is 'testable', and has no
blocker bugs.
Well, that's what I know. Any corrections?

Akhila

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Nicholas Skaggs <
nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:

>  I hope John doesn't mind me sharing his question, since it's a good one
> :-)
>
> From google,
> *Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software testing, ascertaining that the
> most crucial functions of a program work, but not bothering with finer
> details*
>
> I think that sums up what I mean when I say smoke tests. In practice,
> you'll find the smoketests to be a series of yes/no questions. This differs
> from the step-by-step instructions with actions and expected results of our
> normal testcases. Those tests (like for example, iso testing), are meant to
> cover as many details as possible to find out any and all bugs. When we
> test something as large as the kernel or audio, we typically utilize
> testcases that are more in line with smoke-testing to ensure general
> compatibility and functionality. Make sense?
>
> Now, this probably belongs on our wiki someplace. Phil? Others? Ideas?
>
> Nicholas
>
>
> On 08/07/2012 06:32 PM, John Kim wrote:
>
> It may sound silly, but what are smoke tests?
> On Aug 7, 2012 3:23 PM, "Nicholas Skaggs" <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  For those of you running quantal looking for something easy to test
>> (outside of the iso testing going on this week :-) ), consider testing the
>> new version of pulseaudio for quantal. The testcase is simple and is
>> located here:
>>
>>
>> http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/225/builds/20458/testcases
>>
>> It's a basic series of smoketests. Details on how to use the qatracker
>> are here:
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/CallforTesting/Walkthrough
>>
>> As always if you need help, email myself or the list. Cheers!
>>
>> Nicholas
>>
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