Sanity Check Of L10n Builds
This page contains a short set of instructions on how to perform a sanity check of L10n builds.
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What is a sanity check
A sanity check is a quick test of a build.
Why is it necessary to do a sanity check
A sanity check is necessary to make sure that there were no errors in the building process. It is not supposed to go deep into the application functionality. Instead, it should focus on possible problems that are caused by errors in the building process and integration of translation into the builds.
What areas should be covered by the sanity check
This depends on how much time there is for the sanity check. As the usual period for the sanity check is quite short, the area that a sanity check can cover is quite limited. However, the following areas should be tested in every sanity check:
- Install the office suite
- Installation can be done successfully.
- Launch the applications
- All applications should launch correctly (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base)
- Check menus and dialogs
- Go through the menu structure and make sure that all menu items are localized. Open several random dialogs and make sure that they are localized as well.
- Open existing files, edit and save
- Use files containing localized characters. Try to edit them and then save them in various formats (ODF, MS Office, OOo 1.x) and reopen them to make sure everything is displayed correctly.
- Input localized text and format it
- There should be no problems when working with localized text. Try to create a short document containing localized text and some basic formatting settings (headings, tables, hyperlinks, …).
- Check Help contents
- Open the Help, check the Table of Contents, the Index and make sure that searching works. Try to search for a localized string. Open several random Help pages and make sure that links in the Help pages work correctly.
- Uninstall the office suite
- Uninstallation can be done successfully.
Release Sanity scenario in TCM vs. Sanity check described here
There used to be also a scenario in TCM (http://www.sunvirtuallab.com deprecated) that could be used for sanity testing. That one was more time-demanding than the steps described above - it contained 28 testcases. The TCM scenario is more suitable for testing Release Candidate builds, the steps described here are to be used for example for a quick check of interim L10n builds created between two translation handoffs (to make sure that strings from the first handoff were correctly imported into the builds).
