Pulseaudio 2.1 Testing

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Thanks Akhila, I think that is a good description. FYI, there is a 
glossary here which I've now linked off of the main page.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Glossary

Please feel free to add/update/correct/use. Don't let that stop you from 
asking questions though! Sometimes even definitions can be confusing :-)

Nicholas



On 08/08/2012 03:16 AM, D Akhila Hegde wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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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