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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:01:51 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RCs explained (draft)
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Antony,

Monday, February 19, 2007, 7:12:27 PM, you wrote:

> On 02/19/2007 08:40 PM, Marcus Boerger wrote:
>>> Release candidates are development packages released to check if any critical
>>> problems have slipped into the code during the previous development period.
>>> Release candidates are NOT for production use, they are for testing purposes only
>>> even though in most cases there are (almost) no differences between the general
>>> availability (GA) release and the last RC.
>>> You can help us detect problems by installing and testing release candidates
>>> on your own (non-production!) server.
>> 
>> This should read: You can help yourself...

> I believe running the test engine and providing us with feedback users help _us_ in the first place.

If they only help us they wouldn't do anything. So we need to make clear
that they help themselves by running the tests and their own software.

>>> Installation problems.
>>> First of all, make sure the build process (on *nix only) and installation went fine for you.
>>> PHP supports quite a number of operating systems on different platforms and we continue
>>> to work on increasing this number.
>>> Although, you might encounter some problems during the installation and we would
>>> like to know about them.
>> 
>>> Test engine.
>>> When done with the build, please run the test engine by using the 'make test' command
>>> and send us the results (hit 'Y' when it asks you whether to send the report).
>>> This way we'll receive the required information about your system to fix the problems
>>> detected by the test suite (if any).
>> 
>>> Real-life tests.
>>> We would also appreciate if you install the RC on your development server and run
>>> your software. This would help us to detect any (unintentional) changes between
>>> the release candidates and general releases.
>>> Such real-life tests are the most valuable because our test suite obviously cannot
>>> cover every possible use case (but we're working on that).


> -- 
> Wbr, 
> Antony Dovgal




Best regards,
 Marcus