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J. Simmons, 02/25/2014 03:43 pm


Release Testing

Introduction

The following test plan should be performed on any release candidate prior to scheduling an upgrade of the ODE server. It should again be performed on the live site once the upgrade is in place to ensure the upgrade was successful.

Required Browsers

All tests should be run from the following browser/OS combinations to ensure ODE works for a wide audience.

Browser Windows OS X Linux
Chrome X X X
Firefox X X X
Safari X
IE X

Features to Test

ODE features come in three categories. First is features which are built-in to Redmine core. Second is features from community developed plugins such as DMSF. And the third is features which were added using custom plugins from ODE development.

Built-In Features

  • Projects
    • Creation (test with several new projects, each with different features turned on and ensure the correct tabs are visible and appear to be functional)
    • Create a subproject with New subproject" button on *Overview tab
    • Attach a project as a subproject of another project from the Settings tab
  • Wiki
    • Creating wiki pages
    • Editing wiki pages
    • Reverting changes
    • Adding and referencing attachments on wiki pages
    • Viewing wiki pages
  • Issues
    • Creating issues
    • Updating issues
    • Assigning issues
    • Closing issues
  • News
    • Posting News items
    • Viewing News items from project Overview tab and from ODE homepage (all projects should feed here, so post news items from multiple projects and make sure they show up on home page and only on correct project page)
  • Forums
    • Creating forums
    • Creating forum posts
    • Replying to forum posts
    • Viewing forum threads

Community Plugins

  • DMSF
    • Create directories
    • Upload files to root directory
    • Upload files to sub-directory
    • Upload new version of files
    • Download files
    • Try and upload files without correct project membership (TODO - J needs to confirm the required membership)
    • Delete files?
  • Redmine_SCM / Redmine Checkout (SVN CRUD)
    • Create a project with SVN support enabled and confirm the repository shows up in the Repository tab
    • Run the SVN tests from the bottom of the Installation Instructions
    • Repeat tests with a user who does not have sufficient privileges to commit and ensure read works and write fails (TODO - J needs to confirm the required membership)
  • Redmine Hide Emails by Default
    • Create new user and then browse to new user from a different account; verify new user's email address is not visible
  • Redmine Wiki Issue Details
    • { {issue_details(35} } -> {{issue_details(35}}

Custom ODE Plugins

  • Redmine Funding
  • Redmine Video (extends a community plugin)
  • Redmine Legal
  • Redmine Licensing
  • Allow Private Projects

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