On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 23:14 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > I need guidance. I've installed the F14 libcap from updates-testing. > I have no idea if it works or how to test it--it doesn't appear to > "break" anything as far as normal operation of my system. Is that > good enough to give +1 karma to the package? If not, it would be > helpful for the maintainer would put instructions in the update text > saying how to test the update. > > So, I guess what I'm asking is, is it ok to give +1 to any/all > packages if they work at all/we don't notice any regressions, or do we > have to actually test what they are supposed to fix? It kinda varies update to update, which I know is tricky to deal with. For critical path updates, the critical issue is 'does it break the critpath' - but you do have to check exactly what the package does. For instance, a package which deals with network authentication might break login for people who use network auth, but you won't notice if you only have a local user account. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
