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80 >5. Testing Guidelines</A
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82 ><P
83 >To be filled.</P
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86 ><H2
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88 ><A
89 NAME="TESTING-PLAN"
90 >5.1. Testplan for releases</A
91 ></H2
92 ><P
93 >       Explain release numbers. major, minor. developer releases. etc.
94
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98 TYPE="1"
99 ><LI
100 ><P
101 >Remove any existing rpm with rpm -e</P
102 ></LI
103 ><LI
104 ><P
105 >Remove any file that was left over. This includes (but is not limited to)
106       <P
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108 ><UL
109 ><LI
110 ><P
111 >/var/log/privoxy</P
112 ></LI
113 ><LI
114 ><P
115 >/etc/privoxy</P
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117 ><LI
118 ><P
119 >/usr/sbin/privoxy</P
120 ></LI
121 ><LI
122 ><P
123 >/etc/init.d/privoxy</P
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125 ><LI
126 ><P
127 >/usr/doc/privoxy*</P
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134 >Install the rpm. Any error messages?</P
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136 ><LI
137 ><P
138 >start,stop,status <SPAN
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140 >Privoxy</SPAN
141 > with the specific script
142       (e.g. /etc/rc.d/init/privoxy stop). Reboot your machine. Does
143       autostart work?</P
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146 ><P
147 >Start browsing. Does <SPAN
148 CLASS="APPLICATION"
149 >Privoxy</SPAN
150 > work? Logfile written?</P
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153 ><P
154 >Remove the rpm. Any error messages? All files removed?</P
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165 >5.2. Test reports</A
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167 ><P
168 >Please submit test reports only with the <A
169 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&#38;group_id=11118&#38;atid=395005"
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171 >test form</A
172 >
173 at sourceforge. Three simple steps:
174         <P
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177 ><LI
178 ><P
179 >Select category: the distribution you test on.</P
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182 ><P
183 >Select group: the version of <SPAN
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185 >Privoxy</SPAN
186 > that we are about to release.</P
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190 >Fill the Summary and Detailed Description with something
191               intelligent (keep it short and precise).</P
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195         Do not mail to the mailing list (we cannot keep track on issues there).
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