Thread: Light at the end of the tunnel for apps?
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2009-12-13 , 20:07
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#26
Originally Posted by olighak View Post
Maybe we should change that and make it a requirement that apps be optified before being moved from devel to testing.
Optification is a requirement for moving from extras-testing to extras. So extras-testing is a stage where it's supposed to be optified and people get a chance to look at it and say "oh yes, it is optified" or not.

Originally Posted by olighak View Post
I´m willing to test a lot of stuff, but as relatively new to this world I really do not want the root directory to fill up, so unless it is "optified" I´m not sure I want to venture in there. Basically I´m willing to test if the consequences of failure are likely to be fixable in less than 3 hours.

If this would end up taking me a day or two to fix, I´d rather stay away. I need the device to function so the view is not worth the climb so to speak if its likely to be down for days.
You can look at the QA queue in extras-testing and see that some apps are likely slightly safer than others. If an app already has a fairly positive score and you read the QA comments and there's no mention of root partition terror for example or similarly cataclysmic events, you should feel somewhat safer testing it yourself, and adding your comment and vote.

Make sure you have the QA checklist for reference though. And the extras-testing page is good to read.
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