On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 01:43:38PM -0200, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote: > On 11/04/2011 07:01 PM, Don Zickus wrote: > >I am new to autotest and ever since I started using it, I found myself > >fumbling around trying to find or run tests. It seemed more complicated > >than it should be to be productive. > > > >Now I understand autotest is mainly used for automation, but it can > >also be useful to the individual developer who wants to run some tests > >local in a controlled environment. > > > >As a person who enjoys the subcommands found in git and perf, I decided > >to create a framework to support subcommands to help me navigate > >around autotest. > > > >This patch is the basic piece that hooks into autotest. Later patches > >add commands that I find useful (and I hope others do too :-) ). > > > >The approach I took was to try and keep the original autotest workflow > >and just quickly jump into a function to test for certains commands and > >process them. Otherwise, just return and do the normal autotest workflow. > > +1 for this, and we'll certainly get there. I have some comments > about the code, and as I was thinking about your patchset during the > week, I remember that our CLI does have a pretty sophisticated > parsing system to do command parsing to make it work just like git, > such as > > cli/atest job list > cli/atest job abort > cli/atest job help > > And things like that. Also, cli is kinda of our 'crown jewel' in > autotest because it's almost 90% unit tested (my compliments Jean > Marc and crew). I think I have delayed looking into your patch > because I wanted to look at how we would implement your proposal > with the API in there. But what the hell, let's just review your > stuff now and think about next steps later...
Heh. I always saw that directory but didn't understand what it was for. I was just used to using autotest for running everything. I will spend some time looking at it and seeing how I can tweak it to meet my needs (if it doesn't already). Thanks for the tip. Cheers, Don _______________________________________________ Autotest mailing list [email protected] http://test.kernel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/autotest
