How does Informix QA their products?
On 11th Dec 1997 kagel@ns1.bloomberg.com (Art S. Kagel) wrote:- QA is usually 2-4 weeks if no major problems are found… Feeling cynical today are we? OK, QA does regression testing of ALL known fixed bugs (both those scheduled for that release and for prior releases, since the 7.1 debacle regression testing now goes all the way back to 5.0x bugs) and current correct behavior. If a previously fixed bug has returned or correct behavior is violated such that it would prevent the product from being used QA will send the product back to R&D. This is per Informix official policy as it was explained to me. Obviously, things slip through the cracks. The known bugs in the release notes are usually bugs not scheduled to be fixed in that release but which have been verified to still exist in this release. Occassionally they are minor bugs discovered during Q&A which were determined to be of low enough impact that they did not warrant sending the product back to R&D or with minor impact but high
