Questions tagged [release]
A product release is the process of launching a new product for a specific market or user base.
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Interview question on doing a production release with a bug
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There is a production release planned tomorrow. QA found a critical bug. The dev team is working hard to fix it with extra effort but they aren't anywhere close to ...
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To test or not to test something before release to a production?
Is it ever OK not to test something before release to a production? What a scenario can be, when testing could not be necessarily before releasing the code?
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What testing methods are vital for production releases?
Which testing approaches are most relevant to the actual production release of software ?
Do these methods include approaches to iterate to improve them ?
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Moving from release candidate to release without rebuilding the package
The general software release process is alpha, beta, rc, release.
I am building a release for an embedded target, containing everything: boot loader, root file system, kernel, and the application ...
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Is release ready for production?
Every time after we stage our release, we usually have some time to run manual and automated tests against the release. This time period typically lasts for about a week in our project.
To the end of ...
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Should the SQA Team participate in delivering the product to the customer?
At my company, we don't have enough resources to hire a product owner to do this job (deliver the product to the client). Now, the PM is the responsible for this. But, if the SQA team (or one of its ...
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Testing types for release of software in short span of time
My question is
What testing types can be used to release the product or project in short span of time.
Ex: I got requirement today that need to be deliver by tomorrow, Here what testing type I ...
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What steps to take when you spot a bug before release?
Imagine you are responsible for testing a web application. Your team is preparing a release of a new feature. Just before the release you spot a bug.
What next steps would you take next to resolve ...
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How do you manage and coordinate Android and iOS platform releases?
In the context of managing and coordinating iOS and Android platform releases (for native apps):
What platform specific tasks would be included in pre and post release checklists?
What would be ...
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Should Testers use Risk-based Testing only during Regression or should they use it even in weekly QA builds?
Should Testers use Risk-based Testing only during Regression or should they only test important stuff even in weekly QA builds?
My question is that when Production release is approaching and QA team ...
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Better way to distribute releases [closed]
I make the APK and IPA build for the weekly releases and I upload them to dropbox and send the link to the customer.
Is there any other better-automated way to share the final IPA / APK file with the ...
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