Re: [libreoffice-users] increase testing to improve quality

On 27-02-12 10:37, e-letter wrote:
> Readers,
>
> For those people that consider high quality software to be of highest
> priority, more important than new features, please help to perform
> quality assurance manual software tests.
>
> There is a web page which describes manual testing:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Manual_Tests. Clearly,
> there are insufficient testers...
>
> Please also subscribe to the quality assurance mailing list:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa.
>
> There are many bugs that seem to occur after so-called "upgrade".
> People who make the effort to report bugs: please consider how
> important each bug is. If it is of major importance, the ability to
> remove the bug must become part of the quality assurance manual test,
> i.e. the software version is not passed as good quality until that bug
> is removed.
>
> Testing for the success in solving the bug needs to be approved by
> using 'litmus' (https://tcm.documentfoundation.org). So, the behaviour
> that caused the bug needs to be recorded and entered into litmus.
>
> This should prevent regression bugs and improve software quality in
> the long-term.
I support this wholeheartedly.
Before I retired I worked some time as consultant in the capacity as 
QA-officer and found it one of the most important tasks to prevent 
customer problems.Alongsides  QA of applications, QA of manuals,an often 
neglected aspect, is even important as is updating manuals with the 
update of applications.
If I had the time I would surely participate in it, however, in my 
innocence I have, after retirement, in a completely different field, got 
so much "work" that I have not sufficient time left to seriously 
participate in QA of applications I use (and which are essential for my 
work). Therefore, I can only support the plea for more QA on Open Source 
applications (and of course OS'es).
Joep



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