B.Jones– July n° 1 Software Release Testing u Draft document prepared and attached to the agenda page for this meeting u Explains the testing steps involved, the groups responsible and how they interact u Gives details of the input/output formalities for each step u Shows the mapping onto the testbeds u Developed in conjunction with LCG and testing groups representatives

B.Jones– July n° 2 Testbeds and Testing Activities Applications Testing Group Mware WPs & toolkits ITeam Auto. & manual tests Application tests Loose Cannons “Development” testbed “Certification” testbed “Production” testbed Office hours 24x7 WPa tests WPb tests Dist. & install. & grid tests WPf tests WP dev. & unit tests. Leave testbed stable (auto tests work) LCG Certification System tests

B.Jones– July n° 3 Open Issues u Need clearer definition of the test steps to be performed by the groups: n WP unit tests: test plans documents prepared s Necessary to appoint a person responsible for quality/testing in each WP n ITeam: test plan needed n Testing group: test plan document prepared s n Loose Cannons: tests to verify use cases? n LCG Certification: test plan to be developed u Certification testbed needs to be created in conjunction with LCG u Production testbed needs to be expanded in conjunction with LCG n Open to WP8, WP9 & WP10 n DataGrid cannot provide 24x7 service itself u This approach will be reviewed after release 1.4 n Full cycle is estimated to take about 4 months (i.e. 3 releases per year on the production testbed)

B.Jones– July n° 4 Release schedule u EDG1.2 being finalised now n Deployed on production testbed n Used as a basis for GLUE activities (separate testbed) u EDG 1.3 in July (will not be deployed on production testbed) u EDG 1.4 : in reality will this become testbed 2? (I.e. October 2002) u Scheduling points to take into account: n Incorporate modifications for GLUE schema: end July 2002 n SC2002, IST2002, EU 6 th Framework demos: November 2002