Re: Bug Verify

[Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>]

On 10-12-13 11:47 AM, Scott Garman wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 01:20 AM, Yu, Ke wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hate to raise this question, but there is still bunch of bugs that
>> is fixed but not verified. According to the process, it is reporter's
>> responsibility to verify the bug, so could I ask the reporter's help
>> on this? Process is sometime tedious but helpful to quality
>> assurance. Thanks a lot for your effort.
>
> I have now verified all my bugs.
>
> However, the process doesn't seem right to me. As the person who fixed
> the bug, presumably I performed verification that my fix actually works,
> which is why I marked the bug as fixed to begin with.
>
> At every other company I've been with, bug verification is performed by
> the QA team - and I think the purpose of it is to ensure someone other
> than the developer who fixed the bug can independently verify the bug is
> indeed resolved. A second pair of eyes can spot new problems more easily.

I'd second Scott's opinion here. I wasn't marking my bugs
as verified, since as a submitter, I've never had to do
this in 10+ years in the 'biz'.

Cheers,

Bruce

>
> JMO,
>
> Scott
>