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From: Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com>
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:30:38 -0800
Subject: Re: We need your help testing Flex 4.9 with various Flash Player
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On 12/18/12 2:20 PM, "Justin Mclean" <justin@classsoftware.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
>> The RC does not contain the full mustella suite (not very useful to most
>> folks) so you need to be able to redirect a branch's mustella run agains=
t an
>> external set of SWCs and compiler.
>=20
> Perhaps the way to look at this is what would a user of the SDK expect?
>=20
> Currently we are not packaging up the mustella tests with the release
> packages, this means that there's likely only a small window of time wher=
e all
> the mustella tests will work with the released package (due to ongoing ch=
anges
> to the tests).
Really, the existing tests should not be changing.  New tests should be
added, but we might find a clever way to manage them so don't run tests tha=
t
don't have features in a particular release.
>=20
> How important is it for user of the SDK to be able to run the mustalla te=
sts?
> If it not important then all that matters is that we can test a RC with s=
ome
> confidence and it doesn't matter what location those test are in. If it i=
s
> important we should package the tests are part of the release (preferable=
 in a
> separate zip IMO).
>=20
I think it is the former.  Most folks who are not approving an RC probably
don't need to run mustella.

--=20
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui