On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:54:23AM -0800, bill@daze.net wrote:
> I've been watching the thread of complaints about OpenSRS lack of support
> for transfers in the test environment. One important point that is being
> overlooked is that OpenSRS doesn't operate the test registry.
Well, OK, I didn't realise that. But, it's not the point. I'm trying
to test my code against OpenSRS, and they should provide a way for me
to do that -- if they're as bothered about testing as they seem to be.
Compare the situation with credit card processing APIs - you're
provided with a card number that always works, and a card number that
always fails, and so on. It doesn't matter that Securetrading (for
example) don't run the clearing system; they're still able to provide
these testing facilities. It should be possible for OpenSRS to provide
a set of domains which will always produce the same results, in much
the same way.
This isn't just a complaint about testing transfers, the same problems
apply to all transactions. I shouldn't have to be using
'i-bet-this-dunt-exist.com', or even my current 'solution' -
my-domain-$date-$pid.com.
Chris.
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