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> <br>> Actually that is understandable but it is IMHO no reason to force <br>> releases, like it seems to be the case with the last releases.<br>> I think unstable / bugged releases will have a worse impact on our <br>> reputation than a release less a year.<br><br>That is indeed a very good point. But then again, ScummVM has grown very<br>big over the last years, running several games under a variety of platforms.<br>Proper testing would mean that all games would need to be tested under<br>all platforms that ScummVM runs under. This is a lengthy and difficult task,<br>and the fact that there aren't regular builds of unstable versions of ScummVM<br>for all the supported platforms makes testing even harder.<br><br>> I guess this is the least important point. If all other developers test <br>> their code properly we do not need too much managing seeing that our <br>> code base is mature enough for most tasks. Maybe we should add some <br>> guidelines / tips on various work processes.<br>> <br><br>Good point, there should be guidelines in the wiki, similar to the guidelines we<br>got on code formatting.<br><br><br>> I talked a bit with Joost about releases and we came to the conclusion <br>> that unit tests and/or a test engine to test certain backend / common <br>> code parts might help to find regressions in backend and common code. Of <br>> course someone would need to work on that.<br>> Not that I am not aware of our current tests in test/ but it misses <br>> functionality to test for example graphics output, FS code, SearchMan <br>> code (related to FS code, just remember the latest problems on Wii and <br>> PSP with it), etc.<br>> <br><br>Good point too, unit tests might help us identify issues in the common code,<br>but they certainly won't help us find issues in engine code :(<br><br><br><br /><hr />Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. <a href='http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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