ajm@seqp4.ORG (A.J.Madison) (04/09/91)
An article in comp.windows.x concerning testing caught my eye and wanted to ask
a similar question here. What kind of testing experiences have various people
had and what, if any, repercussions have their been. Have very many people
tried the: "well it runs, ... ship it." approach with Motif? Considering that
some organizations are likely to defer any problem to the knowledge and
expertise of OSF, it may be a strategy that can work.
Right now, I seem to be seeing a non trivial number of variances from test
results to the documentation, and don't know if this is a result of
a: the portation
b: portation of the test suite
c: inaccurate documentation
d: all of the above
and wonder if other peoples' experiences have been the same.
Also, is Xtm worth pursuing?
And, yes, it is Motif 1.0. If I had the extra arm and the extra pair of eyes,
I would start the X11R4 and Motif 1.1 portation immediately.
many thanks to all respondees.
--
when everyone is out to get you, being paranoid is just good thinking.
- Dr. Johnny Fever <in other words, standard disclaimer>
A.J. Madison ajm@seqp4@m2c.m2c.org@uunet
Sequoia Systems Inc. seqp4!ajm@endor@das.harvard.eduevans@decvax.DEC.COM (Marc Evans) (04/09/91)
In article <711@seqp4.UUCP>, ajm@seqp4.ORG (A.J.Madison) writes: |> An article in comp.windows.x concerning testing caught my eye and wanted to ask |> a similar question here. What kind of testing experiences have various people |> had and what, if any, repercussions have their been. Have very many people |> tried the: "well it runs, ... ship it." approach with Motif? Considering that |> some organizations are likely to defer any problem to the knowledge and |> expertise of OSF, it may be a strategy that can work. I have seen companies try this, but in most cases they regret it later. I suggest that some form of formal testing be done. |> Also, is Xtm worth pursuing? In my opinion, if your server(s) don't already support it, no. The VTS that is used for V1.1.1 (and beyond) validation doesn't require any server extension and therefore is a throw-away investment. Then again, in my opinion, working on V1.0 of Motif is a throw-away investment too, so I guess you need to make this decision. |> And, yes, it is Motif 1.0. If I had the extra arm and the extra pair of eyes, |> I would start the X11R4 and Motif 1.1 portation immediately. |> many thanks to all respondees. Well, you will likely find that many of the problems you may find in 1.0 have been fixed in later versions. Also, your user community would probably prefer to have the 1.1 version, as there are some coding changes required for applications from v1.0 to v1.1. With version 1.2 not very far away, I would think that 1.0 would nearly be obsolete from a developers perspective. - Marc -- =========================================================================== Marc Evans - WB1GRH - evans@decvax.DEC.COM | Synergytics (603)635-8876 Unix and X Software Consultant | 21 Hinds Ln, Pelham, NH 03076 ===========================================================================