On May 11, 2009, at 12:43, Sebastian 'CrashandDie' Lauwers wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Jeremiah Foster > <[email protected]> wrote: >> There is no other way. Here's why; >> >> 1. Too many packages - humans don't scale well. >> 2. The promotion policy needs to be tested by an automated >> process >> with proper regression and unit tests - this is a standard part of >> professional quality assurance, there is no reason that maemo >> shouldn't have the same professional standards. > > No professional company that knows two things about its business would > rely on automated scripts to do regression.
Well I have direct experience from a company valued at over 30 Billion US dollars which directly contradicts your statement. In fact, I would have you back up your statement with evidence. Name one public company in the Fortune 500 that does not employ automated testing when writing software. > Regression testing and QA is done by individuals. Low-income > individuals in Romania or India, maybe, but individuals nonetheless. > The scripts they execute are delivered by the PM/PA covering the > changes. Thats funny, I could have sworn that the QA system on debian was automated. As is CPAN's, as is . . . well, I think you understand. > Please don't make up arguments as you go just to suit your point of > view of the day. I don't see how this gratuitous remark adds to the discussion. Remember that these discussions are public and we should strive be civil. Jeremiah _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
