5. Testing Guidelines

To be filled.

5.1. Testplan for releases

Explain release numbers. major, minor. developer releases. etc.

  1. Remove any existing rpm with rpm -e

  2. Remove any file that was left over. This includes (but is not limited to)

    • /var/log/privoxy

    • /etc/privoxy

    • /usr/sbin/privoxy

    • /etc/init.d/privoxy

    • /usr/doc/privoxy*

  3. Install the rpm. Any error messages?

  4. start,stop,status Privoxy with the specific script (e.g. /etc/rc.d/init/privoxy stop). Reboot your machine. Does autostart work?

  5. Start browsing. Does Privoxy work? Logfile written?

  6. Remove the rpm. Any error messages? All files removed?

5.2. Test reports

Please submit test reports only with the test form at sourceforge. Three simple steps:

Do not mail to the mailing list (we cannot keep track on issues there).