[Potlatch-dev] Testing new versions

Serge Wroclawski emacsen at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 20:46:42 GMT 2012


On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM, SomeoneElse <lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote:
> This may be a silly question - asking for something that exists already, but
> just in case not:
>
> How hard would it be have a version of Potlatch2 available after merging for
> "final testing" before becoming the default P2 version on the site?  To be
> useful it'd need to be able to be invoked with a GPX file (not necessarily
> as another "edit" dropdown, though that'd be nice).  With the best will in
> the world, sometimes when fixing stuff other stuff breaks, and it'd be nice
> to be able to catch any issues before they go live for everyone.

This is similar to (though not the same as) a question that came up in
the OSM Hack weekend in DC- that is how does one test features of "the
site".

I generally believe that the right answer is to offer a nice testing
platform for users who are willing to deal with more problems in
return for newer features via a clearly defined site- that is
something like http://beta.openstreetmap.org, against the real
database. Users logging in here would know they'd be working on a site
that may be wonky, and might be willing to offer feedback.

While we were talking about the rails site, I think for PL2, this
makes a lot of sense.

- Serge



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