Re: [orca-list] Orca ff3 testing platform

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Chris:

We develop primarily on Solaris Express x86 and Ubuntu Feisty, and we 
regularly grab the FF3 nightly builds.

Hope this helps,

Will

Christopher Moore wrote:
> Hello,
> Many of the problems cited in messages on this list seem to relate back 
> to machines 
> running  different variants of linux and I suppose solaris.  So during 
> this period of ff3 testing would it be helpful for users and developers 
> to decide on a common platform?  Once the testing phase were reasonably 
> stable on the given platform, testing could be expanded to alternative 
> distros.
>
> This is obviously not a complete solution because it does not take into 
> account the variation in hardware, but it would reduce the vagueries 
> introduced by software differences.  
>
> lorenzo's experience is a perfect example of what I am talking about.  
> He thought that upgrading to Feisty was a good thing because he would 
> receive the advantages
> the 2.18 gnome packages.  But the ff3 developers are apparently testing 
> on some other software platform.  
>
> I don't want to open up the "which is the best distro" debate, but I 
> would like to see a particular one endorsed for ff3 and orca testing.  
> If making such a policy statement would place the orca team in an 
> uncomfortable position, we could at least have some informal feedback 
> on this list from testers' experiences using a variety of distros.
>
> Chris
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