"BV" == Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com writes:
BV> But we should all try to be more rigorous about testing... and BV> we should have some decent, useable, maintainable, and BV> maintained regression tests (and perhaps unit tests). I don't BV> know if that sounds like fun for anyone to work on...
No, it sounds fun for nobody to work on.
However, I've started a manual test script on the meta-wiki:
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_test_script
It should be relatively easy to get up to speed, especially if people who know the software well add to it. Hint hint.
Automated tests are great, but they're difficult for Web applications. The library code in MediaWiki is difficult to isolate and do unit tests for. A manual test script is a step towards some rigor in quality assurance.
~ESP