# What Would an Upgrade Be Without a Testing Thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671 "2008-09-02T04:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/1 "2008-09-02T04:05:20Z")
Testing… ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/2 "2008-09-02T14:52:53Z")
It works. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/3 "2008-09-02T14:52:58Z")
testy testy testy ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/4 "2008-09-02T14:53:28Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, folks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/5 "2008-09-02T14:53:46Z")
\ Hmmm. \ Nope, doesn’t work. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/6 "2008-09-02T14:54:00Z")
I’ve been away all weekend, didn’t even know about the server upgrade until today. Are we supposed to have lost all the posts that were posted since Friday? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/7 "2008-09-02T14:54:27Z")
The old board is dead… Long Live the New Board! ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/8 "2008-09-02T14:54:35Z")
Hmm. Just checking ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/9 "2008-09-02T14:54:49Z")
Looking good so far. No quick-reply yet. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/10 "2008-09-02T14:56:00Z")
Cool beans. I know you’ve been busy, Jerry. Thanks for all that. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/11 "2008-09-02T15:31:22Z")
It’s gone incredibly slow - 2-3 mins for a page to load. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/12 "2008-09-02T15:32:38Z")
I wonder if the ban stick works. ::looks around thread:: ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/13 "2008-09-02T15:33:03Z")
Sloooow. And I’m getting the vb database error screen a lot, too. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/14 "2008-09-02T15:34:59Z")
Ahhh! It’s good to be back. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/15 "2008-09-02T15:35:29Z")
Someone forgot to pack the Quick Reply box. ---
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/16 "2008-09-02T15:36:48Z")
The MySQL parameters are going to need to be adjusted. It will take a while since I have to coordinate this with the hosting company. Jerry ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/17 "2008-09-02T15:38:48Z")
Thanks again, Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/18 "2008-09-02T15:39:49Z")
The board seemed slow when I first tried it but it’s way snappier now! Thanks Jerry and all others who made this possible. It’s good to be back! ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/19 "2008-09-02T15:40:12Z")
Heh. Looks like we must be pounding the bajeebers out of the new software, what with everybody logging in and posting. I’m just pleased to see it still appears to work with my old browser (Firebird 0.7). Oooh, and I’ll try a smilie, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671/20 "2008-09-02T15:41:33Z")
Long time lurker, first time poster. What better time to pop my board cherry than now? _pop_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-upgrade-be-without-a-testing-thread/461671.md?page=2)