Re: [Evolution-hackers] bug fixing in stable 2.22.x branch

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>]

Le mardi 02 septembre 2008 à 18:26 +0200, Patrick Ohly a écrit :
> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 09:23 +0200, Frederic Crozat wrote:
> > Le lundi 01 septembre 2008 à 19:55 +0200, Patrick Ohly a écrit :
> > > On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 12:37 +0530, Chenthill wrote:
> > > > 	Thanks, I will send out a mail to the list mentioning the critical
> > > > fixes which have gone in recently in the stable branch which needs to be
> > > > taken into the distro's.
> > > 
> > > Bug #548268 is in trunk (thanks Chenthill!) and tested automatically
> > > now. The test showed that the time zones in South America and Australia
> > > were also affected.
> > > 
> > > I think we should send out that bug list to the distributors ASAP.
> > > Debian Etch is already frozen. Chenthill, do you have the list ready and
> > > can you send it both to this list and the distributor list?
> > > 
> > > My own proposal for inclusion are
> > >       * 548268: time zone conversion incorrect
> > >       * 546934: [Exchange Connector] contact change tracking is broken
> > >         (required by SyncEvolution)
> > >       * 499932: [Bug 499932] Not deleting from e-mail server after specified time
> > 
> > Frankly, I think it would be much better to do a 2.22.x release for the
> > needed fix : you'll get updated translations as a bonus and
> > distributions might be more willing to push it, rather than try to apply
> > a list of patches.
> 
> Sounds good to me. Not all of these patches have been applied to the
> 2.22.x branch, though. If there are no objections, then I'll apply/back
> port as many of the fixes as possible.

That would be great.

> > Moreover, each bug should have a reproducible testcase, otherwise they
> > might not pass QA team.
> 
> There is an automated test for 548268 which should also cover the issue
> mentioned by Chenthill. 499932 can be tested manually easily, but
> there's no automated test. 546934 can only be tested with SyncEvolution
> => overall it would be better to have more automated tests :-/

I was not talking of automated testcase ;) Having a testcase is often
enough, so it ensures the thing supposed to be fixed is really fixed.

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Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>
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