Re: Feature Rings, Incomplete Rings, and Compliance Grading

On 5/4/12 12:27 AM, "Jet Villegas" <jet@mozilla.com> wrote:

>I think there is great value in promoting a mobile-centric feature-driven
>matrix. Not all mobile phone web apps require all of ring 0, but a
>specific app may well need a feature in an outer ring or completely fail.
>Authors should be able to see how much of ring x is available even as
>lower rings aren't filled out. In other words, let all the tests run.

That's easy, just navigate to: http://rng.io/?all


>As far as features go, it seems that the current ring organization
>encourages vendors to get "green" and not actual spec compliance.

I don't understand how these two aspects are related. If you're suggesting
the tests aren't complete, I fully agree and your contribution are welcome.

>I'd like to see real grading there and not a boolean "pass" condition.
>This will make correctness of a feature weigh more than its presence.

I'm not sure what you mean by this either, unfortunately.

--tobie

Received on Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:25:27 UTC