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to: Rod Speed
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1995-01-06 09:13:32
subject: pqwk testing

PE>> I don't have a test environment for QWK, since I don't use
 PE>> it. However, Brenton does, so I get him to do the testing.

 RS> And since that problem with with the pre 221 netmail didnt get
 RS> picked up by that testing, it obviously has some deficiencys.
 RS> So I am not planning to rely on that testing myself.

Yeah, the problem there was for the inter-zone netmail, I
couldn't really send the netmail to someone else in Zone 3,
but I figured I was in Zone 3 so it wasn't a problem if he
just sent it to me, and that was successful.

 PE>> In fact, I tell him what tests to do (ie send netmail to these two
 PE>> people etc), and he does, and I have a look at the incoming netmail
 PE>> or packets and see if they have the expected control lines in it.

 RS> Welp, whatever went wrong, it didnt pick up the problem that lurked
 RS> for quite a while.

And there could equally well be a problem with PQWK221, you
wouldn't know.

 PE>> And when it does work, I THEN make it available to everyone else.
 PE>> That's why you always see Brenton using a later version of PQWK
 PE>> before anyone else (for anyone who can read the PID anyway).

 RS> And obviously Bob and Dieter are happy with that level of testing.
 RS> *I* and apparently Frank want to do more before we use it.

They are ALL tested like that, if Frank is waiting for any
long-term bugs to appear, they are just as likely to be in
PQWK221 as PQWK222 (in fact if they are in one they will
almost certainly be in the other, since I only changed a 
couple of lines of code).  BFN.  Paul.
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