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[Graham Binns <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13 April 2012 16:37, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'd rather raise ideas here in case because they probably need refinement:
>
>  * reduce test suite run time without reducing coverage

We (~Yellow) are working on that - or at least on spreading out the
load. There are some roadblocks in our way yet, but we're making good
progress.

>  * improve test suite coverage (I assume this bypasses LoC restrictions?)
>  * something about making tests more focused

I'd be tempted to say something here about death to sample data (since
it's causing us problems in parallel testing scenarios), too. Maybe
even death to doctests-that-shouldn't-be-doctests.

> I'd add something about improving Launchpad's developer documentation,
> but to be honest, I think it needs something radical to happen to it
> before mere additions count as improvements.

Laura and I have been talking about something in this area over the
last couple of days. I'll be giving a talk at UDS with the aim of
getting people to contribute to Launchpad, and the biggest, most
important thing we can do right now is make it obvious how to get from
itch to scratch-committed, which we don't at the moment. It definitely
needs a massive overhaul.

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