Features/Desktop/Silent Update whatsnew/TestPlan
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Silent Update whatsnew
| Feature | Status | Dev Lead | QA Lead | Status |
| Silent Update whatsnew | Landed in Firefox 8 | Lawrence Mandel | Mihaela Velimiroviciu |
Summary
- With Silent Update, the What's New page itself is less relevant to the user given we want to be "silent". However, there is a need for Product Marketing/Engagement to communicate to our users on a regular basis and the purpose of this feature page is to define those requirements.
- The server side work is being developed for this release, while the client side work to provide this functionality is available with Firefox 4 and above.
What will be tested
- A test path from the builds on the release channel to 8.0b4 with the special sauce in the snippets (ie actions=silent).
- What we want to check is that
- the update is found and works with all these new attributes being set
- the what's new page isn't shown after restart
- The release builds which can be used to test the updates (4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 7.0, 7.0.1) can be found here
Use case
- (If) The update path is available:
- Starting with a release builds: 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 7.0, 7.0.1
- Use the releasetest channel
- You will end up on 8.0b4 (buildID is 20111019081014; or load about:buildconfig, follow the source link and make sure the take is FIREFOX_8_0b4_RELEASE)
Reference
- Feature wiki page - Link
Use Cases to Test
- 1. A new build with other milestone is released and what's new page is suppressed
- 2. A new build with other milestone is released and what's new page is enabled
Test Cases
- The set of testcases can be found here
What will not be tested
- The client side functionality as it is available since Firefox 4
- Updates within same milestone
Important bugs
Sign-off criteria
- No critical bugs open