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This page objectively compares feature sets of Wiki and Nitrate systems in relation to the [[Rhe/tcms_use_cases|important workflows]]. Instead of displaying a long feature lists, it is divided into groups by use cases. Click ''[show]'' button on each item to view the detailed comparison. To avoid overlaps, features compared in former use cases are not listed in later cases again.
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This page objectively compares feature sets of Wiki and Nitrate systems in relation to the [[Tcms_use_cases|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 ==
== Key Section ==


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! Icon !! Explanation
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| style="color:purple;"| A
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"|{{result|warn}}
| Feature A is Nice-to-Have
| Partly supported
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| P1
| Must-Have missing Feature in Nitrate
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| style="color:red;"| B
| P2
| Feature B is Must-Have
| Nice-To-Have missing Feature in Nitrate
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== Wiki vs Nitrate Feature Comparison==
== Wiki vs Nitrate Feature Comparison==


{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="90%"
|-  
|-  
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Common Page
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Generic Page
|-  
|-
! width="20%"|Feature !! width="30%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate  
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate  
|-
|-
|
| Any page creation
| Any page creation
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Can only create test case/plan/run
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Can only create test case/plan/run
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Readable link names
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} human-readable link names
| Readable link names
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} use ID for identification
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} human-readable link names
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} use ID for identification
|-
|-
|
| Data entry format
| Data entry format
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting mediawiki markup]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting mediawiki markup]
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| [http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ tinyMCE]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}[http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ tinyMCE]
|-
|-
|
| Moving a Page
| Moving a Page
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by redirect links
| 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  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by cloning or changing the summary(name) of case/plan/run  
|-
| style="color:purple"|Templates creation/use
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} such as [[Special:MostLinkedTemplates]]
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Editting preview
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Templates creation/use
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} such as [[Special:MostLinkedTemplates]]
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Supports data entry using a form
|
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} wiki syntax
| Editing preview
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} 'save and continue editing'
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Talk page
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Supports data entry using a form
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|warn}} Can only add comments in test cases
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} wiki syntax
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|History rollback
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Discussion page
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Only offer change logs
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Talk page
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Can only add comments in test cases
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Changes comparison
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| History rollback(Undo changes)
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|warn}} Only offer change logs
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
|-
|-
| Categories creation
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add new category
| History comparison
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|warn}} cases categories can be added by Admin
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
|-
|-
| Adding pages to categories
|  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add category
| History logs
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|warn}} Only cases have categories
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Only offer change logs and text version history of plan and case
|-
|-
|
| Subpage using
| Subpage using
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} by Tree View?  
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} by Tree View?  
|-
|-
|
| Bookmarks/watchlist  
| Bookmarks/watchlist  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} watch the page  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} watch the page  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} bookmark the page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} bookmark the page
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-  
|-  
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Test Case  
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Test Case  
|-
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|- 
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
| width="20%"| Renaming a case
|
| width="30%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|warn}} move to another page
| Renaming a case
| width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}change the summary
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} move to another page
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} change the summary
|-
|-
| Test case template
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} [[Template:QA/Test_Case]]
| Test case format template
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Defined
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} [[Template:QA/Test_Case]]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Defined
|-
|-
|
| Linking files/packages/images
| Linking files/packages/images
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Upload somewhere and link to it
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Upload somewhere and link to it
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Test cases/plans support attachments
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Test cases/plans support attachments or link to wiki
|-
|-
|
| Case draft status
| Case draft status
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add draft category/note
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} manually add draft category/note
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as PROPOSED or NEED_UPDATE
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as PROPOSED or NEED_UPDATE
|-
|-
|
| Case review status
| Case review status
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} approved in ticket or somewhere else
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} approved in ticket or somewhere else
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as CONFIRMED
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as CONFIRMED
|-
|-
|
| Categorizing cases
| Categorizing cases
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
| 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
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} add category or use tag or add to plan to group cases
|-
| P2
| Categories creation
| 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
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Description part in test case
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| Description part in test case
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} only have setup and notes parts
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write in 'Notes' part, where syntax editing is needed.
|-
|-
|
| Tests that impact multiple packages  
| Tests that impact multiple packages  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Categories could be used to organize this data, but get messy
| 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
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} allows linking tests to the packages they are designed to test
|-
|-
|
| Test case re-use (write once, link anywhere)
| Test case re-use (write once, link anywhere)
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} search from Category and link to it
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} search from Category and link to it
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone from other plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} test runs re-use cases from a plan, plans clone them from other plans
|-
|-
| P2
| The time historical test case results be available
| The time historical test case results be available
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} all history?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} all history?
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} unknown
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} unknown
|-
|-
| Referencing to versioned history
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Re-use old versioned test case
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} can view text history and version
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by linking to its history
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} can view text history and version only
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Plan
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Test Plan
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
| width="20%"| Test Plan re-use/update
|
| width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} copy contents from previous
| Test Plan re-use/update
| width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone previous plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} copy contents from previous
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone previous plans
|-
|-
|
| Linking test cases
| Linking test cases
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} linking to cases section on test result template page
| 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
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} clone from other plans/create new tests
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Plan draft status
| P2
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add draft category/note
| Plan draft status
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Set as non-active?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} manually add draft category/note
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Set as non-active?
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Plan review status
| P2
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add reviewer and review time
| Plan review status
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Set as active
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} manually add reviewer and review time
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Set as active?
|-
|-
|
| Categorizing plans
| Categorizing plans
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
| 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.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} no category for plan but have Plan Type and Tag etc.
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Result Page(Test Run) Template
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Result Page Template
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
| width="20%"| Result Page Template
|
| width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Result Page(Test Run) Template
| width="35%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} doesn't support result page template creation. Test run(result page) can be cloned from previous run with modifications.
| 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}} using sort
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} using sort
|-
|-
|
| Collapse table
| Collapse table
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} hard to manage as a whole  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} hard to manage as a whole  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Group cases (by media)
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}flexible wiki design
| Group cases (by media)
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}flexible wiki design
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} diff test runs;sorting;diff tags
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Creating A Test Result Page(Test Run)
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Creating A Test Result Page
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|width="20%" style="color:purple"|Test result page creation
|
|width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test result page(Test run) creation
|width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Create from plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Create from plans
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Contents in test result page
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} flexible wiki markup design
| documents in test result page
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|warn}} write in 'Notes' field without any syntax except cases
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} flexible wiki markup design
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write in 'Notes' field without any syntax  
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Moving test results
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually copy
| Moving test results
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add one by one?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually copy
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add one by one?
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Directing to current test run
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} redirect links to current result page
| Directing to current test run
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} set test run as running or finished
| 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
|-
|-
|
| Categorizing runs/result pages
| Categorizing runs/result pages
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} manually add to category
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Can set 'product', 'version' and 'tag' etc  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Can set 'product', 'version' and 'tag' etc  
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Posting Test Results
|-
|-
!colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Posting Test Results
|
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"  
|width="20%" style="color:purple"|Quick access to active test runs
|-
|width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Open 'current' links
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|width="35%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} search the run's ID or search my runs(assigned to me in advance)
|-
|-
| P2
| Quick access to active test runs
| 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)
|-
| P1
| Result format
| Result format
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use [[Template:Result]]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use [[Template:Result]]
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} defined
| 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}}  
|-
|-
|
| Bug posting
| Bug posting
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use [[Template:Bz]]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} use [[Template:Bz]]
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Multiple contributions for each case
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Multiple contributions for each case
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} only display the last modified one
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} only display the last modified one and logs
|-
|-
|
| *Signatures using
| *Signatures using
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> -> [[User:Rhe|Rhe]] 09:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> -> [[User:Rhe|Rhe]] 09:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}  
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Searching Test Results/Cases/Plans
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Searching Test Results/Cases/Plans
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|width="20%" | Searching cases/plans/runs
|
|width="30%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} only by searching from categories or name
| Searching cases/plans/runs
|width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} advanced search
| 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:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} plans, cases, and runs related to each other
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} plans, cases, and runs related to each other
|-
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Uploading Files
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Uploading Files
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|width="20%" | Upload files/packages/images
| P2
|width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} upload somewhere and link to it
| Upload files/packages/images
|width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} test cases/plans support attachments(test run doesn't)
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} upload somewhere and link to it
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} test cases/plans support attachments, test runs don't
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Upload updates.img/repo to certain server
| P2
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} fedorapeople server
| Upload updates.img/repo to certain server
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} fedorapeople server
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki.
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Generating A Test Summary
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Generating A Test Summary
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|width="20%" | Result summary/report generation
|
|width="30%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} run curl command
| Result summary/report generation
|width="35%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} automatic
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} run curl command
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} automaticly
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Administrating
|-
|-
! colspan=3 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
|-
|-
|width="20%" style="color:red"|Authorities for pages  
| P1
|width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Use namespaces  
| Authorities for pages  
|width="35%" style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} Can admin configure it?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Use namespaces  
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} Can admin configure it?
|-
|-
|
| Supporting anonymous user read-only access
| Supporting anonymous user read-only access
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| style="color:purple"|Supporting anonymous user read-write access
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Supporting anonymous user read-write access
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
| Integration with [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ FAS]
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}
|-
|-
|
| Feature extension
| Feature extension
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Add plugin
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} Add plugin?
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Page protection
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| Page protection
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}  
|-
|-
| Case/plan deletion
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| Case/plan/run deletion
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as DISABLED. Test run can be deleted.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} by Admin
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} Set as DISABLED. Test run can be deleted.
|-
|-
|
| Licensing
| Licensing
|style="background-color:green;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:green;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
|-
|-
| P1
| License the content
| License the content
|style="background-color:green;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} should match wiki
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}} should match wiki
|-
|
| Integration with [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ FAS]
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}
|-
|-
| P2
| Integration between update tools (bodhi/f-e-k) and our test infrastructure.
| Integration between update tools (bodhi/f-e-k) and our test infrastructure.
|style="background-color:green;"| {{result|pass}} investigating
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} investigating
|style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}
| style="background-color:yellow;"| {{result|unknown}}
|-
|-
| P1
| Upstream project community
| Upstream project community
|style="background-color:green;"| {{result|pass}} upstream wiki list
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} upstream wiki list
|style="background-color:green;"| {{result|pass}} upstream nitrate list
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} upstream nitrate list
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Test Days
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Test Days
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|width="20%" | Test day main/intro page
|
|width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test day main/intro page
|width="35%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} link to wiki
|-
|-
|
| Test day SOP guide page
| Test day SOP guide page
|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 day/event result template page
| Test day/event result template page
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Clone from previous test run.
| 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
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Test day page creation  
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test day page(run) creation  
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} test runs can only be created from plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} test runs can only be created from plans
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Test day page contents
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test day page documented contents
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} write all intro to 'Notes' field will be too crowded!
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} write all intro to 'Notes' field will be too crowded!
|-
|-
| P2
| Test day notification
| Test day notification
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} send out announcement manually  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} send out announcement manually  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} Assign through mail, but the content is very brief.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} can assign through mail, but mail content is little.
|-
|-
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"  border="1" width="85%"
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  border="1" width="90%"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color: darkgrey;"| Release Validation Test Event
|-
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: darkgrey;"|Release Validation Test Event
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border: solid 2px white"
|-
! width="10%"|Priority !! width="20%"|Feature !! width="35%"|fedoraproject.org/wiki !! width="35%"|nitrate
|-
|-
|width="20%" | Test event Main/intro page
|
|width="30%" style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test event Main/intro page
|width="35%" style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} link to wiki.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} link to wiki
|-
|-
|
| Test event SOP guide page
| Test event SOP guide page
|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 event Result template page
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test event Result template page
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Clone from previous test run.
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} Clone from previous test run.
|-
|-
|
| Release Criteria page
| Release Criteria page
|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
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Test cases priority
| P1
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} manually add priority before each case link
| Test cases priority
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} from P1 to P5, need change to: Alpha, Beta, Final.
| 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.
|-
|-
| style="color:red"|Each case with different platforms
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Each case with different platforms
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}} ?? two test runs for both platforms?
| 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
|-
|-
| Test result page creation  
|
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test result page(Test run) creation  
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} created from plans
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}} created from plans
|-
|-
| Test result page contents
| P1
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| Test result page documented contents
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write intro to 'Notes' field without any syntax  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|warn}} write intro to 'Notes' field without any syntax  
|-
|-
| P2
| Test event notification
| 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
| Progress bar for each run
|style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
| style="background-color:tomato;"| {{result|fail}}
|style="background-color:lightgreen;"| {{result|pass}}  
| 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