Re: no mandatory QA testing at all [Re: crazy thought about how to ease QA testing]

[Benjamin Smith <ben schoolpathways com>]

On Monday 13 February 2006 03:48, David Eisenstein wrote:
> Doing things this way may have the unfortunate effect of pretty much doing
> away with QA Testing, though.  If a package is going to be released two
> weeks from when it is pushed to updates-testing, regardless of whether or
> not it has been tested, people may end up saying, "Why bother?"

I'd guess the opposite: those who actually WANT to test the packages will have 
a fire lit under their backside to do the testing in a timeframe that's 
relevant. 

I'd rather err on the side of security. 

-Ben 

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