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Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap33 woes ....

At 05:12 PM 11/21/97 -0500, Jason Nealis wrote:
>
>
>On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Kevin Smith wrote:
>> 
>> There is *NO* regression testing until the formal release - like 6.0 -
that's
>> been made clear numerous times, and is stated in the FTP site README files.
>
> Wait, I think saying there is no regression testing , That can not
>be correct, Apparently, I was under the impression that when a Patch
>Release is cut, They spend a couple days checking simple items like
>routing, auth, acct, etc.. 
>
> I've got to be reading this incorrectly. Right Kevin?

Sorry, you are correct. I went a little too far. I meant to point out that
*FULL REGRESSION TESTING* is not done except for full releases. We do a
reduced regression test/sanity check for the intermediate releases in both
the patch and incrementals branch. Please read the following from the FTP
site for details of my intended 'message' :

Incremental Releases - An Incremental Release encompasses all new feature
enhancements and bug fixes made since the last full release.  Since these
releases have not been fully regression tested (only sanity checked) they
are not as stable as the patch releases.  Incremental Releases are usually
released by Wednesday of each week for all product lines.  

Patch Releases - A Patch Release contains only bug fixes made since the last
full release which will not affect the stability of the release.  Patch
Releases may not be released on a regular interval.

What does this mean?
If you have a customer needing a fix made in both the patch and the
incremental release, and stability is what you want, then use the Patch
Release.  If there is a new feature the customer desires or if they have a
problem fixed in the Incremental Release that a Patch Release does not
address, then they should use the Incremental Release.

Kevin


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