{"thread":{"id":"45903","subject":"Questions about validation/verification done for Git Software","startedAt":"2017-05-08T17:14:55Z","lastAt":"2017-05-09T01:51:48Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Robertson, Todd","Stefan Beller","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"319104","messageId":"504208edac024b2dba0c1743dc86683e@AMUSATLWP20005.alereinc.com","threadId":"45903","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Questions about validation/verification done for Git Software","fromName":"Robertson, Todd","fromEmail":"todd.robertson@alere.com","sentAt":"2017-05-08T17:14:51Z","receivedAt":"2017-05-08T17:14:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"todd.robertson@alere.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\n\nI'm a Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Epocal Inc. in Ottawa, Ontario,\nCanada.  We are a medical device manufacturer that is required to comply with\nthe Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) regulations.\nI'm in charge of what is known as Non-Product Software, essentially any piece of\nSW that is used in the day-to-day work of creating our products.\nPart of complying with the FDA regulations is to ensure that all Non-Product Software\nhas been validated.\n\nSome of our engineers are planning on using your software \"Git\" for their software\ndevelopment processes (latest version) to replace our current software \"SVN\" and I was \nhoping you could answer some questions for me?\n\nAre you able to provide me with a copy of your Test Plans and/or Test Cases for the \"Git\" product?\n\nIs the software FDA certified?\n\nPlease contact me with your reply and/or any questions you have.\n\nThank you,\nTodd Robertson\nSr. Software QA Engineer\nEpocal Inc.\nOttawa, Ontario, Canada\ntodd.robertson@alere.com\n613-688-3982 ext.2229\n"},{"id":"319106","messageId":"CAGZ79kaLMHWth_t7LBpvtAKJQvseS34+RCKoedeqFosUxOiaPg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"45903","inReplyTo":"504208edac024b2dba0c1743dc86683e@AMUSATLWP20005.alereinc.com","subject":"Re: Questions about validation/verification done for Git Software","fromName":"Stefan Beller","fromEmail":"sbeller@google.com","sentAt":"2017-05-08T17:21:05Z","receivedAt":"2017-05-08T17:21:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"stefanbeller@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/455868?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Robertson, Todd\n<Todd.Robertson@alere.com> wrote:\n> Hello,\n>\n> I'm a Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Epocal Inc. in Ottawa, Ontario,\n> Canada.  We are a medical device manufacturer that is required to comply with\n> the Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) regulations.\n> I'm in charge of what is known as Non-Product Software, essentially any piece of\n> SW that is used in the day-to-day work of creating our products.\n> Part of complying with the FDA regulations is to ensure that all Non-Product Software\n> has been validated.\n>\n> Some of our engineers are planning on using your software \"Git\" for their software\n> development processes (latest version) to replace our current software \"SVN\" and I was\n> hoping you could answer some questions for me?\n\nHow is svn validated for you?\n\n> Are you able to provide me with a copy of your Test Plans and/or Test Cases for the \"Git\" product?\n\nTests are found inside the t/ directory in your copy of Git[1].\n[1] obtained e.g. via \"git clone https://github.com/git/git\"\n\nNote that these are just tests; nothing formal attached.\n\n> Is the software FDA certified?\n\nI am not aware of that.\n\nCheckout https://git-scm.com/ and for legal questions contact\nhttps://sfconservancy.org/ (via https://git-scm.com/sfc)\n"},{"id":"319135","messageId":"xmqqshke6bm9.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com","threadId":"45903","inReplyTo":"504208edac024b2dba0c1743dc86683e@AMUSATLWP20005.alereinc.com","subject":"Re: Questions about validation/verification done for Git Software","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2017-05-09T01:51:42Z","receivedAt":"2017-05-09T01:51:48Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"\"Robertson, Todd\" <Todd.Robertson@alere.com> writes:\n\n> Is the software FDA certified?\n\nNo, Git is toxic and are not approved for human consumption ;-).\n\n"}]}