testfest

I wish to help with the testfest. Lukas told me to start asking
some questions in here. So to help organize things I will add this
information to the testfest wiki page and if you want pass on any
changes for the testfest web page (or you can give me cvs access if
you want).

1. Who is willing to be a mentor? What areas do you want to mentor?
   What areas are you willing to mentor? Where are you physically
   located if the local user group would like to work with you - what
   time frames would you be available? (feel free to respond off list
   to me with your info)

2. How are UG's with no mentors locally available going to find a
   mentor? Should they contact someone personally that volunteers
   (info on the wiki or I don't mind being a connection point) or
   should they not worry about it and you (internals) will divvy up
   them up afterwards?

3. What areas does the group want to have people really work on
   for the testfest (looked at gcov and am assuming anything in red -
   but anything in particular)? What areas would you prefer the people
   to work on (assuming yellow)? For beginners - what would you
   recommend people work on (core functionality)?

4. I am assuming you would prefer to have people work on 5.3 for the
   testfest. Is that correct? Will there be a RC for the testfest or
   should people just use what is available from snaps?

That should give me enough to get started. Any other info, ideas or
suggestions would be appreciated.

So did I misunderstood the general very receptive tone by core devs on
#php.pecl about this TestFest [1] idea? If there is interest in making
something like the TestFest idea work, now is the time to speak up. If
you think we are crazy and should stop it ASAP, now is also the time
to speak up.

regards,
Lukas

[1] http://qa.php.net/testfest.php

Ligaya Turmelle wrote:

I wish to help with the testfest. Lukas told me to start asking some
questions in here. So to help organize things I will add this
information to the testfest wiki page and if you want pass on any
changes for the testfest web page (or you can give me cvs access if you
want).

1. Who is willing to be a mentor? What areas do you want to mentor?
   What areas are you willing to mentor? Where are you physically located
   if the local user group would like to work with you - what time frames
   would you be available? (feel free to respond off list to me with your
   info)

I guess I'll mentor ;) I'm nearest to Chicago, but it's an almost three
hour drive there. Time frames...errr... whenever. I'm busy but I can
probably make time. I'm most comfortable with the edge stuff - and
anything pertaining to windows (shmop, other little known extensions in
core) and also PDO

2. How are UG's with no mentors locally available going to find a
   mentor? Should they contact someone personally that volunteers (info on
   the wiki or I don't mind being a connection point) or should they not
   worry about it and you (internals) will divvy up them up afterwards?

Heck if I know

3. What areas does the group want to have people really work on for
   the testfest (looked at gcov and am assuming anything in red - but
   anything in particular)? What areas would you prefer the people to work
   on (assuming yellow)? For beginners - what would you recommend people
   work on (core functionality)?

Actually I think small extensions are a good place to start for
beginners - it's actually harder to walk into a fairly well covered
extension than it is to get "base" tests in place for an uncovered
extension. I'd say shoot for the red, then yellow, than green ;)

4. I am assuming you would prefer to have people work on 5.3 for the
   testfest. Is that correct? Will there be a RC for the testfest or
   should people just use what is available from snaps?

Heck if I know, I'd say either latest release or 5.3 snaps

That should give me enough to get started. Any other info, ideas or
suggestions would be appreciated.

Have fun!
Elizabeth

Hi Lig - I think I may have got half way through replying to this and
then forgotten...

1. Who is willing to be a mentor? What areas do you want to mentor?
   What areas are you willing to mentor? Where are you physically
   located if the local user group would like to work with you - what
   time frames would you be available? (feel free to respond off list to
   me with your info)
   Please add my name to the the people who will mentor DOM? I'm also happy
   to do general mentoring on style of test writing ...

Also - Stas had already agreed to mentor but I don't see his name on the
Wiki...

Zoe