Re: fixing extensions before release..

[Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org>]

Hi Sri,

On 4 September 2015 at 00:50, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
> I'd like to do a extensions test day so that we can get all the extensions
> tested prior to our release.  The goal is to get 90% of the extensions
> working before the release so that people who upgrade can continue to use
> their extensions.
>
> With rolling releases becoming more popular with distros, we really need to
> start putting the onus on extension writers  to fix their code before
> release rather than waiting for the distro to come out.  The goal for the
> test is to get people to download an image, and head to the
> extensions.gnome.org site and test them twice, we test them with version
> checking, and without version checking.  If it fails without version
> checking then there is a real problem and we should file a bug with the
> writers on whatever github account they have or wherever else their code is.
>
> In order to make this happen, I will need a gnome-continuous image or some
> image that I can use to do the user testing.  I know that Matthias is busy
> this week, and it will be challenging to get an image out.  Do we have
> something else we can use?

AFAIK, new images are continuously generated in [1], or is that not
the case anymore?
BTW, we have a group of extensions we continuously test/build along
the releases, you
have the complete list here [2]

[1] http://build.gnome.org/continuous/buildmaster/images/z/current/
[2] https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/
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Javier Jardón Cabezas