IPP Mail Archive: IPP> TES Minute from Tucson and a bake-off question

IPP> TES Minute from Tucson and a bake-off question

Zehler, Peter (Peter.Zehler@usa.xerox.com)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:51:02 -0800

All,
Here is a summary of the discussion for another IPP Bake-off
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IPP Bake-off 2
Objectives:
Interoperability verification
Identify issues for implementers guide
Timing:
(tentative) March 9-12
Schedule:
March 8 facilities setup
March 9 participant setup
March 10-12 testing (details TBD)
March 12 teardown
Host: TBD (Zehler & Parra assigned)
Based on:
November 16 document suites(submitted to IETF)
Proposed Content:
(prioritized list to be submitted to DL by Zehler)
Security
SSL, Digest, Basic
Real World Scenarios
Firewalls, Proxies
Contention Resolution
Error conditions
Range Boundaries
Chunking
Larger Jobs
Optional Operations/Attributes
Multiple documents, Print-Uri, Set 1

Localization
Extended Character sets
Japanese, European
NLO
Plans to be finalized prior to January IPP meeting.
Test plans/scripts available mid February
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I have had some conversations with several individuals about baking-off.
I will work out the prioritization of bake-off contents and work on a test
plan
to cover the content. However in my opinion the next bake-off should be
less dependent on scripted test suites. The reasoning behind this is that
IPP test suites should be used to test an implementation conformance to the
IPP specification. They should test all the bloody details and insure a
robust
implementation. The bake-off however should be checking how IPP products
interact. I would rather leave the test suites development to organizations
that
will profit from the effort required.
We have 2 test suites currently available. They were made available with
the
understanding that anyone that develops additional scripts will post them.
I have
yet to see any scripts developed by anyone other than the developers of the
test
suites.
I assume we can handle most of the Bake-Off 2 tests procedurally. If we
need
scripts developed who will be on the hook to develop and debug them before
mid-February?

Comments?...

Peter Zehler
XEROX
Networked Products Business Unit
Email: Peter.Zehler@usa.xerox.com
Voice: (716) 265-8755
FAX: (716) 265-8792
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Xerox Corp.
800 Phillips Rd.
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Webster NY, 14580-9701