testfarm

[SZABÓ Gergely]

Yury V. Zaytsev wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 12:34 +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
>
>   
>> Slavo asked me to publish my test scripts, so here they're :)
>> You probably need to fix some pathnames. Ah, and a copy of the
>> repo has to be in __repo.git ...
>>     
>
> This looks interesting. Am I correct that this is only a framework for
> build tests for different combinations of build options (builds /
> doesn't build) and doesn't have anything to do with functional tests
> (e.g. works / doesn't work)?
>
> Did you consider any other ready made open source testing frameworks for
> this? 
>
> As you might already know, I'm building nightlies for all currently
> supported RH distros (with the exception of EL3) for almost half a
> year. 
>
> This has proved to be of great help, but now that I spared some money
> for new hardware I might consider doing the same for Debian / Ubuntu and
> running some kind of functional / build testsuite on a daily basis with
> the results published on the web / mailed to the list in case of
> failures.
>
> It would be nice if we could introduce some officially supported testing
> framework in /contrib to check for most prominent bugs / general build
> options coverage etc.
>
> I need help though. Keeping this stuff running is already time-consuming
> enough, so I won't be able to develop tests and keep them up to date.
>  
>   

Hello,

just for your info, I quite regularly build the newest mc master on 
ubuntu. Not that I test every feature...

Best regards
Gergely