[Koha] Call for testers

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Thanks  that helps me understand it!

Ed!

> Subj: Re: [Koha] Call for testers 
>  Date: 1/28/2003 9:30:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time
>  From: <A HREF="mailto:pate at eylerfamily.org">pate at eylerfamily.org</A>
>  To: <A HREF="mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com">COURYHOUSE at aol.com</A>
>  CC: <A HREF="mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz">koha at lists.katipo.co.nz</A>
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> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >What is meant by major rewrite?
> 
> This will be a multi-step process.
> 
> 1) create a super solid test suite to verify functionality
> 2) make a long series of very small changes, testing each one, with the
> end goal of having a much more solid, much more readable code base
> 3) then start adding functionality
> 
> >Should we wait to implement until AFTER this is done?
> 
> No, the 2.0 series should be an excellent platform to implement from.
> Please use these releases (which should be out this Spring).
> 
> >Don't really want to crawl though piles of new bugs while undergoing
> >implementation during production.....
> 
> This is one of the reasons we're looking to be very test heavy.  each
> change will have to pass all of the (by then) existing tests before it can
> be integrated.  What we'll end up with is a code base that is easier to
> verify as functionally correct, easier to debug when we find new problems,
> and easier to extend when we add new features.
> 
> I hope this explanation makes sense, and helps put your mind at ease.
> 
> I'm cc:ing the Koha list because I think that others might have the same
> concerns.
> 
> -pate
> >
> >Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
> >
> >
> >>Subj:[Koha] Call for testers
> >>Date:1/27/2003 12:08:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> >>From:<A HREF="mailto:pate at eylerfamily.org">pate at eylerfamily.org</A>
> >>To:<A HREF="mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz">koha at lists.katipo.co.nz</A>, <A HREF="mailto:koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net">koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net</A>
> >>Sent from the Internet
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Now that we're closing in on our 2.0.0 release (maybe in February
> >>according to the 2.0 release manager), and we need to start looking to
> >>the future. One of the things we really want to focus on for the next
> >>release is a major rewrite/refactor.  If we do this right, we can get
> >>Koha test-infected, and make the development run even more quickly
> >>than it already does.
> >>
> >
> >

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