congrats on behalf of Test Runner

[Ed]

Yes, I do read it. It's just that I sent my initial post from the
wrong email account. Sorry.

Asking to Albert, in a nutshell Test Runner is a test case management
tool that organizes test cases. A test case is a set of steps that
define some actions over the "thing" you are testing and the espected
results. Some tests are automated others are manual. This might be the
root of the confusion because Test Runner actually doesn't run tests!
Test cases are organized into test plans. You can "run" a test plan,
meaning that your testers are going to exercise its test cases and
record the outcome, for a specific combination of platform, OS, etc.
Since everything gets recorded you or the product manager of the
"thing" can get a good idea of its quality level and make decisions.
There are many synergies between Bugzilla and Test Runner since when a
test case "fails" means that a bug has been discovered and you
probably would like to record and manage that bug.

I believe TinderBox is a different beast with a different mission.

Hope this clarifies,

    Ed


On 9/29/05, David Miller <justdave at bugzilla.org> wrote:
> Albert Ting wrote:
>
> >    This looks interesting.  Pardon my ignorance, but can you explain the
> >    difference between Test Runner and TinderBox.  I think both offers
> >    automated regression testing?
> >
> >    Been interested in integrating regression testing with Bugzilla but
> >    haven't had time to setup a good infrastructure for this.
>
> I don't think Ed actually reads this list.  I had to clear his post from
> the moderator queue when he posted it.
>
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