Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Latest CVS

[Johnny Strom <jonny strom netikka fi>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> Latest CVS has many changes that I would like you to test because they
> make GnomeMeeting complex and thus probably buggy. I've found recently a
> few bugs that nobody had mentionned, so please be careful with testing,
> good testing is a big help for me !
>
> 1) Calls History
>
> The calls history was placing the calls in the wrong place. You should
> try to check the calls history, Matt had found a bug, I guess it is
> fixed now but I'm not sure (Matt if you can try to reproduce it... ask
> to Johnny to build new RPMs with the changes I committed 5 minutes ago
> to CVS).
>
> There are several cases that were not taken into account :
> - Dialing a wrong hostname was in the history, but not dialing a wrong
> callto URL.
> - Some "Unanswered calls" were placed in the received calls.
>
> Currently the policy is to place the "given calls" in the "given calls"
> section, the "received calls" in the "received calls" section, the
> rejected (by Do Not Disturb or timeout), auto-rejected or forwarded
> calls in the "Unanswered calls" section.
>
> Christopher, if you have a better naming scheme, I would be grateful!
>
> 2) Call Transfer
>
> That feature needs a LOT of testing. If you test it, please mail me and
> tell me the tests you have done.
>
> Call Transfer is different from Call Forwarding. When you receive an
> incoming call, it can be forwarded to another host if you are busy, if
> you don't answer, or if you decide to always forward. You can currently
> not forward to a callto url or to a speed dial (coming soon).
>
> When you already are in a call, you can chose to transfer it to another
> person. For example, Alice is customer to company A and calls company A.
> Bob is an employee of company A, he answers the call of Alice, and
> discusses with her. He discovers that his colleague John will be able to
> answer the question of Alice, and he decides to Transfer the current
> call to John. Alice will then be redirected *automatically* to John and
> the connection with Bob will end.
>
> You can transfer a call in GnomeMeeting in different ways :
> - In the Call menu -> Transfer Call: Kilian gets a crash in GTK when
> doing this, who else ?
> - In the address book, select a contact in ILS or in a group and
> double-click on it while you are in a call. The call will be transferred
> to the person who you just double-clicked in the address book.
> - You can also use the main menu or the right-click menu in the address
> book.
>
> When you are transferring a call, you are presented a window popup. You
> can then enter the URL to which you want to forward (it is already done
> if you are transferring to a contact of the addressbook), that URL can
> be an H323 URL, a CALLTO URL, or a speed dial (yes, I did a good job,
> thanks!). 
>
> Christopher, I propose you to include this (after you have improved the
> text) in a section : "Transferring and Forwarding Calls" in the manual.
>
> The others :
> When you are testing, you have to test cases for which you suspect GM
> won't work. No need to test the basic cases, I already know it works.
> You have to try to make the software fail. How? for example, try to
> transfer a call to a wrong speed dial, to a wrong URL like "h32:", to an
> empty URL like "h323:". Try to interrupt the call while you are
> transferring it. Try limit cases ! For your information I'm doing it the
> whole day.
>
> Who read this until the end? ;))

ME :)

> Thanks to those of you who will test and who read me.
>
> Code freeze will happen in one week, I really need bug reports now!!