[cosmos-dev] RE: What would you like to see happen with build and releas

["Mohsin, Jimmy" <Jimmy.Mohsin@xxxxxx>]

Hi Balan,

 

Here is my wish list; some of this straddles QA; but here goes..

1.    Have a well-organized download page that is updated with a FUNCTIONAL build at least by the middle of each iteration (if not earlier)

2.    The download page must have a build that has ALL the components as soon as they become available.  Even though this seems obvious, I state this explicitly since in the past, some components did not make it into the build even though they were available.

3.    The “new” build process will enable non-development teams, e.g. QA to pick-up a build DURING and (obviously) till the end of an iteration.  This will enable the QA team NOT to have to wait till the end of an iteration for testing.  E.g. QA could initiate the unit level testing BEFORE iteration end.

4.    With a continuous build process, we would be better positioned to address the iteration close build fire drills…. We have been in this situation for the past several days.

 

Ian / Shivvy,

Would you like to add anything?

 

Thanks,

Jimmy Mohsin

Cell   +1-609-635-1703

 

From: Balan Subramanian [mailto:bsubram@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:29 PM
To: Mohsin, Jimmy; Richardson, Leonard A; Simmonds, Martin
Subject: Fw: What would you like to see happen with build and release engineering?

 

Guys,
If you'd like to respond to me that's fine too. I will aggregate and put it on this wiki page. If you are adding to the wiki page please use <name> tags to indicate your comments.

Thanks,
Balan

Balan Subramanian
Autonomic Computing, IBM, RTP, NC
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