Hello, In my RM application, I spoke of sandboxes that could be used for non-techies to test and signoff patches. I've started to work on this system, something should be visible this month. The system will work that way: * you reach a dedicated page * on this page, you enter 3 things (maybe some more to come) : - the bugzilla patch number you want to test - your email-address (to have a mail once your sandbox is set) - the database you want to setup, from a list of available sample databases * you hit the "OK" button * a few minuts later, you get a mail in your mailbox saying it's done * you connect to the sandbox, and, on the main page, you see if everything went well and you can work on this sandbox. QUESTION/REQUEST: if you have a sample database you'd like to see in the list, just send it to me by email, with some details about the content of this example database, that will be seen by ppl that want to test patches. For example : "this database has 1000 records, 100 patrons, with IndependantBranches=ON, and holds are not enabled anywhere. login with test/test to be superlibrarian from library A, and libB/libB to be a non-superlibrarian from library B" FAQ about this system: Q: how will we manage concurrency ? A: there won't be any automatic checking. But the timestamp of the creation of every sandbox will be visible on mainpage. So if the sandbox is very young, use another one ! If you've any doubt, go Q: what if something went wrong when applying the patch ? A: just add a comment on bugzilla to say "tried to test this patch with sandbox system, it does not work, you get the following message: <copy here the message you saw on mainpage>>". It will mean this patch must be tested by a developer with larger skills than this basic sandbox system has. Q: I want to setup my own sandboxes, how can I do that ? A: go to http://git.biblibre.com, and you'll see a project here with all the code (ie: still to be done) Q: I've tested the patch, and everything went well, what's next ? A: just go to bugzilla, change the status to "signed-off" and add a comment to say "i've tested, works well, signed-off". The RM or the QA team will take care of officially adding your signature to the patch. Q: how long will last a given sandbox setup ? A: Every night, everything will be reseted, Koha will be updated against an uptodate master. -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08