Re: [odf-adoption] ODF Adoption TC Call - 17 July 2007 - Agenda

["Charles-H. Schulz" <charles-h.schulz@arsaperta.com>]

Hi,


Thomas Zander a écrit :
> On Wednesday 18 July 2007 11:19:32 Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
>   
>> Hello Thomas,
>>
>> actually I was advocating not using this test suite at all and
>> designing a new one. This is not because it would give out the
>> impression that OOo has a less refined implementation of ODF than
>> KOffice.
>> MS does report about that everywhere and can twist the
>> results'interpretation the way it wants. But we may want to have a test
>> suite development project that  is actually sustainable.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>     
>
> uhh, sorry no, it raises more questions.  What would be different in this 
> new project you propose that would make it "actually sustainable" ?
>   

financing, and building a new team are the first answers that come to my
mind. The project as we know it today is simply dead and broken.

> And, naturally, what is the reason for ignoring the huge chunk of work 
> with the current testsuite that is available for everyone to use and 
> alter?
>   
we may not ignore it, but this project is simply not completed. If there
is a technical decison that says we should work on the basis of the
existing code I'm fine with it.



Best,

-- 
Charles-H. Schulz,
Associé / Associate
Ars Aperta.