[Python-Dev] Community buildbots (was Re: User's complaints) (original) (raw)

skip at pobox.com skip at pobox.com
Fri Jul 14 13:49:24 CEST 2006 

>> This is the part I don't get.  For the external developers, if they
>> care about compatibility, why aren't they testing periodically,
>> regardless of alpha/beta releases?

Fredrik> because they don't want to waste time and effort on testing
Fredrik> against releases that are not necessarily a close approximation
Fredrik> of the full release?  testing takes time, and time can be used
Fredrik> for many different things.

How is that a waste of time? You've got the latest stable 2.4 installed I presume. Do the svn-up/make dance (at least on Unix-y systems - can it be much more difficult on Windows?). If it breaks something, either figure out why or drop back to 2.4 for a week or two and try again. If application breakage remains, investigate.

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