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Subject:RE: More genteel than "Sanity Checked" From:Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:"'Combs, Richard'" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 31 May 2007 09:45:41 -0400
Combs, Richard [mailto:richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com] admonished:
> "(limited testing)"
>
> You're trying to avoid jargon like "sanity check" and "smoke test," and
> you want to indicate that limited testing was done. So, say exactly
> that. Quit looking for some exotic, elegant, or trademarked term -- just
> say what you mean in plain English.
Good point. But if there IS some elegant term I might as well use that, no?
'Limited testing' works, as do some of the others that have rolled in since
yesterday afternoon.
Thanks,
Kevin
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