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== Comparison ==
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== Key Section ==
 
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! Icon !! Explanation
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| style="background-color:lightgreen;"|{{result|pass}}
| Supported
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| style="background-color:tomato;"|{{result|fail}}
| Unsupported currently
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| style="background-color:yellow;"|{{result|unknown}}
| Unknown/Research needed
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| style="background-color:lightgreen;"|{{result|warn}}
| Partly supported
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| P1
| Must-Have missing Feature in Nitrate
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| P2
| Nice-To-Have missing Feature in Nitrate
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== Wiki vs Nitrate Feature Comparison==
 
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Generic Page
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
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! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
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| Any page creation
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Can only create test case/plan/run
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| P2
| Readable link names
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} human-readable link names
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} use ID for identification
|-
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| Data entry format
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting mediawiki markup]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}[http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ tinyMCE]
|-
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| Moving a Page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by redirect links
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by cloning or changing the summary(name) of case/plan/run
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|
| Templates creation/use
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} such as [[Special:MostLinkedTemplates]]
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
|-
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| Editing preview
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} 'save and continue editing'
|-
|
| Supports data entry using a form
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} wiki syntax
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|-
| P2
| Discussion page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Talk page
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Can only add comments in test cases
|-
| P1
| History rollback(Undo changes)
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
|-
| P1
| History comparison
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
|-
|
| History logs
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Only offer change logs and text version history of plan and case
|-
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| Subpage using
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} by Tree View?
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|
| Bookmarks/watchlist
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} watch the page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} bookmark the page
|-
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-  
|-  
! Feature !! fedoraproject.org/wiki !! nitrate  
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Test Case
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
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! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate  
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| Renaming a case
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} move to another page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} change the summary
|-
|
| Test case format template
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} [[Template:QA/Test_Case]]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Defined
|-
|
| Linking files/packages/images
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Upload somewhere and link to it
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Test cases/plans support attachments or link to wiki
|-
|
| Case draft status
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} manually add draft category/note
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as PROPOSED or NEED_UPDATE
|-
|-
| Wiki markup
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Case review status
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} approved in ticket or somewhere else
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as CONFIRMED
|-
|-
| Rename the links
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Categorizing cases
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} add category or use tag or add to plan to group cases
|-
|-
| Review status
| P2
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add reviewer
| Categories creation
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as CONFIRMED
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} user can create it with certain permission
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} cases categories can only be added by Admin
|-
|-
| Draft status
| P1
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add draft template/note
| Description part in test case
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as PROPOSED or NEED_UPDATE
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write in 'Notes' part, where syntax editing is needed.
|-
|-
| Templates
|  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} such as result,case format, fedora version
| Tests that impact multiple packages
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Defined
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Categories could be used to organize this data, but get messy
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} allows linking tests to the packages they are designed to test
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|-
|
| Test case re-use (write once, link anywhere)
| Test case re-use (write once, link anywhere)
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} using Category
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} search from Category and link to it
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}} Using test plans  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} test runs re-use cases from a plan, plans clone them from other plans
|-
|-
| Add categories
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add category
| The time historical test case results be available
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}} Or use tag instead?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} all history?
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} unknown
|-
|-
| Add cases to categories
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add category
| Re-use old versioned test case
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by linking to its history
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} can view text history and version only
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Plan
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
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| Test Plan re-use/update
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} copy contents from previous
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone previous plans
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|
| Linking test cases
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} link to cases section on test result template page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone from other plans/create new tests
|-
| P2
| Plan draft status
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} manually add draft category/note
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Set as non-active?
|-
| P2
| Plan review status
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} manually add reviewer and review time
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Set as active?
|-
|
| Categorizing plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} no category for plan but have Plan Type and Tag etc.
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Result Page(Test Run) Template
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|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
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|
| Result Page(Test Run) Template
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} doesn't support template creation. Test run(result page) can be cloned from previous run with modifications.
|-
|
| Sortable table
| Sortable table
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} reorder cases?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} using sort
|-
|-
|
| Collapse table
| Collapse table
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} hard to manage as a whole
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| test case template
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Group cases (by media)
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}flexible wiki design
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} diff test runs;sorting;diff tags
|-
|-
| links to the package
|}
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|}
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Result Page(Test Run)
|-
|-
| Rename a case
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}move to another page
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"  
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}
|
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
| Use template page
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test result page(Test run) creation
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Create from plans
|-
|-
| Redirect links
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| documents in test result page
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} set test run as running or finished
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} flexible wiki markup design
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write in 'Notes' field without any syntax
|-
|-
| Move test results
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually copy
| Moving test results
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually copy
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add one by one?
|-
|-
| History rollback
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Directing to current test run
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} redirect links to current result page
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} set test run as running or finished
|-
|-
| Editting preview
|  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Categorizing runs/result pages
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Can set 'product', 'version' and 'tag' etc
|-
|-
| changes comparison
|}
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|}
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Only have change logs
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Posting Test Results
|-
|-
| Subpage using
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} by Tree View?
|
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
| Result summary/report
| P2
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| Quick access to active test runs
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Open 'current' links
|-
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} search the run's ID or search my runs(assigned to me in advance)
| Results for diff platforms
|-  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Result format
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use [[Template:Result]]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Idle, Passed, Failed, Running, Paused, Blocked, Error
|-
|-
|
| Comment as references
| Comment as references
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
| Result format
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use result template
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} defined
|-
|-
|
| Bug posting
| Bug posting
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use bug template
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use [[Template:Bz]]
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| P1
| Multiple contributions for each case
| Multiple contributions for each case
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} only display the last modified one and logs
|-
|-
|
| *Signatures using
| *Signatures using
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> -> [[User:Rhe|Rhe]] 09:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
|-
|-
| Search tests/plans
|}
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} by categories or name
|}
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Searching Test Results/Cases/Plans
|-
|-
| Main/intro page
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"  
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki?
|
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|
| Searching cases/plans/runs
| width="30%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} only by searching from categories or name
| width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} advanced search
|-
|
| Toolbox(what links to here)
| Toolbox(what links to here)
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} plans, cases, and runs related to each other
|-
|-
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Uploading Files
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|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
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| P2
| Upload files/packages/images
| Upload files/packages/images
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} upload somewhere and link to it
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} test cases/plans support attachments, test runs don't
|-
|-
| P2
| Upload updates.img/repo to certain server
| Upload updates.img/repo to certain server
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} fedorapeople server
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} fedorapeople server
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki?
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki.
|-
|}
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Generating A Test Summary
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|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
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|
| Result summary/report generation
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} run curl command
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} automaticly
|-
|}
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Administrating
|-
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
| P1
| Authorities for pages  
| Authorities for pages  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Use namespaces  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Use namespaces  
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} Can admin configure it?
|-
|-
| Feature enhancement
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Add plugin
| Supporting anonymous user read-only access
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| P1
| Supporting anonymous user read-write access
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
|-
|
| Feature extension
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|-
| P1
| Page protection
| Page protection
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}  
|-
|
| Case/plan/run deletion
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as DISABLED. Test run can be deleted.
|-
|
| Licensing
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|-
| P1
| License the content
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} should match wiki
|-
|-
| Case/plan deletion
|  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| Integration with [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ FAS]
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as DISABLED?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}
|-
|-
| SOP guide page
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Integration between update tools (bodhi/f-e-k) and our test infrastructure.
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}link to wiki?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} investigating
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}
|-
|-
| Test day/result template page
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Upstream project community
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} upstream wiki list
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} upstream nitrate list
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Test Days
|-
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
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| Test day main/intro page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} link to wiki
|-
|
| Test day SOP guide page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}}link to wiki
|-
|
| Test day/event result template page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Clone from previous test run
|-
|
| Test day schedule
| Test day schedule
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} link to wiki
|-
|-
| Test notification
| P1
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} send out announcement manually
| Test day page(run) creation
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|fail}} assign through mail
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} test runs can only be created from plans
|-
|-
| Table format
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test day page documented contents
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} write all intro to 'Notes' field will be too crowded!
|-
|-
| Form format
| P2
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} wiki syntax
| Test day notification
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} send out announcement manually
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} can assign through mail, but mail content is little.
|-
|-
| Talk page
|}
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|}
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Release Validation Test Event
|-
|-
| Release Criteria page
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki?
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|
| Test event Main/intro page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} link to wiki
|-
|
| Test event SOP guide page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}}link to wiki
|-
|-
| License
|
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| Test event Result template page
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Clone from previous test run.
|-
|-
| Integration with [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ FAS]
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Release Criteria page
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} link to wiki
|-
|-
| Supports anonymous user read-only access
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test cases priority
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add priority before each case link
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} from P1 to P5, need change to: Alpha, Beta, Final.
|-
|-
| Supports anonymous user read-write access
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Each case with different platforms
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} two test runs for both platforms or clone each case for another platform
|-
|-
| Data entry format
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting mediawiki markup]
| Test result page(Test run) creation
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}} [http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ tinyMCE]?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} created from plans
|-
|-
| Test case re-use (write once, link anywhere)
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} using Category
| Test result page documented contents
|style="background-color:white;"| {{result|unknown}} Using test plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write intro to 'Notes' field without any syntax
|-
|-
| Test case tags
| P2
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| Test event notification
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} send out announcement manually
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} can assign through mail, but the content is little.
|-
|-
|
| Progress bar for each run
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|}
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 06:25, 15 March 2011

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This page is a draft only
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on the information on this page.

This page objectively compares feature sets of Wiki and Nitrate systems in relation to the important workflows. Instead of displaying a long feature lists, it is divided into groups by use cases. To avoid overlaps, features compared in former use cases are not listed in later cases again.

Key Section

Icon Explanation
Pass pass
Supported
Fail fail
Unsupported currently
Unknown/Research needed
Warning warn
Partly supported
P1 Must-Have missing Feature in Nitrate
P2 Nice-To-Have missing Feature in Nitrate


Wiki vs Nitrate Feature Comparison

Creating A Generic Page
Priority Feature fedoraproject.org/wiki nitrate
Any page creation
Pass pass
Fail fail
Can only create test case/plan/run
P2 Readable link names
Pass pass
human-readable link names
Fail fail
use ID for identification
Data entry format
Pass pass
mediawiki markup
Pass pass
tinyMCE
Moving a Page
Pass pass
by redirect links
Pass pass
by cloning or changing the summary(name) of case/plan/run
Templates creation/use
Pass pass
such as Special:MostLinkedTemplates
Fail fail
Editing preview
Pass pass
Warning warn
'save and continue editing'
Supports data entry using a form
Fail fail
wiki syntax
Pass pass
P2 Discussion page
Pass pass
Talk page
Fail fail
Can only add comments in test cases
P1 History rollback(Undo changes)
Pass pass
Fail fail
P1 History comparison
Pass pass
Fail fail
History logs
Pass pass
Pass pass
Only offer change logs and text version history of plan and case
Subpage using
Pass pass
by Tree View?
Bookmarks/watchlist
Pass pass
watch the page
Pass pass
bookmark the page