Re: Status update? -- Guidelines for MyODBC 5 testers

Mark,

A quick thought on recruiting testers:

I think we can get more people involved with testing if we post the testing 
guidelines, i.e. a quick HOWTO regarding searching for and submitting bugs, 
where to get the most recent test builds, etc. I have a feeling there are 
people on the forums that would like to help, but they are not familiar with 
the procedures to do so. A "sticky" message on the MyODBC forum with the 
HOWTO should help recruit more testers.


> From: Mark Matthews <mark@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Bill Williams <billywill31@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ddi@xxxxxxxx
> CC: myodbc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Peter Harvey <pharvey@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Status update?
> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 15:24:02 -0500
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> Bill Williams said the following on 5/19/2006 2:38 PM:
> > It's been nearly a year since we've heard about the status of MyODBC
> > 3.51.xx and MyODBC 5. Could you please post some sort of roadmap to the
> > ODBC list and forum, no matter how general it may be. A lot of
> > developers are expressing their frustration with the current driver vs.
> > MySQL Server 4.1.xx and 5.0.xx.
> >
> > With MySQL Server 5.1 around the corner, it would be nice to know if we
> > will see a stable MyODBC 5 that supports all the features Server 5 has
> > to offer.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
>
> Bill, David and the rest of our ODBC user community,
>
> First, let me apologize in advance, as I realize we haven't kept the
> information flowing as much as we should.
>
> We're on the cusp of another Connector/ODBC 5.0 release (honest, check
> the commit messages at http://lists.mysql.com/commits). What we really
> need from the community is testing, as we didn't get a lot of people
> trying out the first alpha of 5.0, so we got basically zero feedback.
>
> The more community testing we get of this release, the sooner we can
> release fixes to it, ideally every week/two weeks or so until it becomes
> stable.
>
> In my heart-of-hearts, I'm hoping to have this all cleaned up by 
> mid-summer.
>
> Peter's been working on this release solid for the past two months. I've
> also finally been given the go-ahead to hire one more developer to work
> on ODBC in tandem with Peter. Our plan is to have this developer work on
> the backlog of bugs in 3.51, as well as helping out with any new bugs
> that that arrise with Connector/ODBC 5.0.
>
> What we could really use from the community is the following:
>
> (1) Testing of 5.0 releases, and testing of releases with fixes.
>
> (2) Feedback on what bugs are most important to you. Unfortunately, we
> don't have a really granular bug priority system, so I'd like to ask the
> community what bugs are most painful for them to deal with (David I have
> your list already). We have some good ideas on which ones are
> large-impact, but some we might be missing.
>
> (3) If you, or someone you know would be interested in working for MySQL
> on our ODBC driver, please let me know.
>
> What we promise in return:
>
> * Connector/ODBC 5.0 released as soon as possible, at a quality level
> that makes it usable for all of you that supports prepared statements,
> views and stored procedures.
>
> * Bugs fixed in 3.51 in an order that make sense, and solves the largest
> problems first.
>
> * Much more interaction with the community at large (it's actually a
> quarterly goal for the entire team). Feel free to yell at me if you
> don't see us on this mailing list or the forums enough.
>
>         -Mark
>
>
>
>
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