Short test cases rewrite guide

[Brendan Donegan]

On 13/12/11 06:11, Alex Lourie wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Charlie Kravetz 
> <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com <mailto:cjk at teamcharliesangels.com>> wrote:
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>     On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:56:10 +0200
>     Alex Lourie <djay.il at gmail.com <mailto:djay.il at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     > Hi all
>     >
>     > I've come up with a short (and probably too obvious) guide for
>     rewriting
>     > test cases [1]. Please let me know what you think.
>     >
>     > I also linked to it on the TasksPrecise page [2], so if someone
>     looses the
>     > link, you can always find the guide there.
>     >
>     > It is not meant to be a generic guide for writing good test
>     cases yet, I
>     > think to write that one later. Or maybe I'm wrong, and they
>     should be one
>     > and the same.
>     >
>     > Thanks.
>     >
>     > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/TasksPrecise/TestCasesRewrite
>     > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/TasksPrecise
>     >
>
>     That looks good from here. 
>
>
> Hi Charlie
>
> Thank you the feedback.
>
>     Are we re-writing all test cases?
>
>
> Hopefully, yes.
>
>     In the midst of this, I would hope we will also explain the
>     differences when
>     testing. For example, Ubuntu, one waits for "Try Ubuntu" "Install
>     Ubuntu" to appear. In Xubuntu, one selects from the CD menu
>     directly to
>     try or install.
>
I'd just like to point out here that the installation for Xubuntu is a 
*seperate* test case. No-one should ever be attempting to explain the 
differences in behavior of two different systems in one test case.
>
>
>
> Of course, this should be reflected in a specific test case. If it's 
> not, it's a "bug"
> in a test case from my point of view and should be fixed.
>
>     - --
>     Charlie Kravetz
>     Linux Registered User Number 425914          [http://counter.li.org/]
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