Stephen Crawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe a Sun JDK 1.4.x for reference?
It's possible, if it helps. I may set this up under tinderbox. > If you have time to work on this, it would be a good idea if the web page > and results defined the testing methodology, to aid people in reproducing > the test results. Yes, I have the scripts if anyone wants them... but they aren't refined enough to checkin to cvs I think. > * The log report should include datestamps for the latest sync with > Classpath, Kissme and Mauve CVS repositries. Basically the date on the comparison files represents the approximate time of the CVS sync. > * the web page should document the hardware and OS platform/version, > the C & Java compilers and versions, and versions of key libraries used > (e.g. glibc). My home box, Red Hat 8.0 GNU/Linux, jikes 1.17, glibc 2.2, linux 2.4.18. I don't have anything else but Windows. I think if I get tinderbox setup then people with other configurations could run a client there to report those results. > * The Mauve "keys" file used should be linked to the page, or available > some other way. It should be version controlled, as it will surely change > over time. It's in Classpath CVS, mauve-classpath. > Here are some other suggestions: > > * The web page could explain that there are many possible causes of test > "failures"; e.g. Classpath bugs or incomplete feautures, Kissme bugs, > Mauve test case bugs, and (even) Sun JDK bugs and incompatibilities. > [Also, note the possibility of network failures, and failures caused by > non-atomic CVS commits.] It could, but this (nightly Mauve) is an end product for developers, not users. You already know these things and I don't have to explain it to you. > * The nightly test results should be archived, with the archive ideally > accessible via the web page. It would be very nice if the web page > could graph the numbers of tests passing and failing over time!! But > that could be a lot of work to set up. Yeah, I think of lot of what you want is tinderbox. Brian -- Brian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath