[rkward-devel] Call for testing: RKWard 0.5.3-pre1 / Release schedule

[mat]

Thomas

Thanks a lot for making new version!

I tried on a clean virtualized Ubuntu 9.10, R 2.9:
-could compile
-when running make plugintests:
-need to install additional packages... is there a list of all needed 
packages for the tests? Or should I do one manually going through rkward 
output?
-what output should be sent when test fail? Is following below 
informative for example?

[2] "< <p>--- Signif. codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ 
’ 1</p>"
[3] "---"
[4] "> <p>--- Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' 
' 1</p>"
Warning messages:
1: In rm(list = c("rk.set.output.html.file", "rk.get.tempfile.name", :
object 'rk.set.output.html.file' not found
2: In rm(list = c("rk.set.output.html.file", "rk.get.tempfile.name", :
object 'rk.get.tempfile.name' not found
3: In rm(list = c("rk.set.output.html.file", "rk.get.tempfile.name", :
object '.rk.make.hr' not found
ID code match output match message match error result
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
basic_statistics_a MISMATCH MISMATCH MISMATCH ERROR FAIL
basic_statistics_b MISMATCH MISMATCH MISMATCH ERROR FAIL

Mat


Thomas Friedrichsmeier a écrit :
> Hi!
>
> The current development version of RKWard has a nice number of changes, and I 
> think it's about time to release those, officially. Before doing so, of course, 
> we need to do some more testing, and I would like to invite you all to 
> participate in that.
>
> A tentative timeline for the release / the testing is at 
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=Release_Schedule 
> . The targetted release date is April 30, with the testing phase open until 
> April 25. Of course the deadlines will extended, if necessary.
>
> --- Testing ---
>
> Please download the 0.5.3-pre1 release (also linked to from 
> http://p.sf.net/rkward/download) and give it a try. Here are some things to 
> watch out for in particular:
> - All plugins were converted to use JS instead of PHP. This change will allow 
> us to provide more flexibility in plugins in the future, but for now this 
> change should be mostly invisible to end-users. This transition was quite a 
> lot of work, and while we proceeded with care, it is quite likely that we 
> introduced a few new bugs in some plugins. Therefore, please test the plugins 
> you use, very carefully.
> Also, if compiling from sources, please run
>    make plugintests
> after make install, and report any failed tests.
>
> - R 2.11.0 is scheduled for release on April 22. If you have the chance to use 
> R 2.11.0 (or a recent beta) in your testing, that would be very helpful.
>
> Please try to provide feedback by April 25.
>
> --- Translators ---
>
> .po and .pot files are located in the po-subdirectory, as usual. Please provide 
> your updates by April 25.
>
> --- Plugin authors ---
>
> If you plan to add features to existing plugins before the release, please 
> post to the mailing list, first. 
>
> --- Packagers ---
>
> Note that RKWard no longer required PHP at runtime (the PHP-backend is still 
> functional, but not used by any of the plugins), so you may drop that 
> dependency.
>
> --- Windows users ---
>
> A windows binary will follow, shortly. You may want to check the updated 
> installation instructions for correctness: 
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=RKWard_on_Windows 
> .
>
> Note that you can now install RKWard from source using emerge (instructions 
> provided on the same page). I'd like to encourage you to give this a try, as 
> it provides a fairly convenient way to follow the current development on 
> windows.
>
> --- Mac users ---
>
> If there are any Mac users on the list: Please give these instructions a try:
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=RKWard_on_Mac .
>
> Probably this does not quite work, yet (I cannot try, myself), but the only 
> way to get the remaining problems fixed is by testing, and reporting. I'm 
> confident that RKWard on Mac is only a few steps away, with your help.
>
> --- Closing words ---
>
> Remember: There's always many ways you can help, with or without programming 
> skills. Testing is one important way to contribute, but for instance our wiki 
> / website is always in need of love as well. If you have time to spare, your 
> help will be very welcome.
>
> Thanks!
> Thomas
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