On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 13:07 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Subrata Modak > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Garrett, > > > > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 14:40 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> Hi LTP devs, > >> I was wondering if I would have your folks' blessings to take the > >> test reporting and manipulation pieces of LTP and create a separate > >> project for test reporting, such that LTP (and other projects) can > >> benefit from the generalized reporting and test behavior modification. > > > > That is a wonderful proposal. We now have support for testcases in LTP > > library for test cases written in C and Shell. It would be really nice > > to see if the same can be extended to other programming languages like > > the Perl, Java and Python, if we can create the same tst_* set of > > libraries for them. > > > > It would go in long way for people who are much familiar with these > > languages, so that our scope of getting contribution in enlarged. I > > would really like to see that happen. And once that happens we can make > > an announcement in the LKML and other mailing list saying that: "See > > guys, you have these many languages in which you can write an LTP test > > case, so what´s preventing you from writing one for us........" > > things like that. > > > >> I am asking this because the tst_res portion of libltp is very > >> beneficial and there are other languages that could be implemented in > >> [working on a Java implementation, will do a Perl, shell script > >> (bash/sh), and Python implementation]. > > > > This spins off another interesting idea in my mind. If and when this is > > ready we will go ahead and define corresponding templates (for writing > > LTP test cases) in those new languages like the C and SHELL we have > > here: > > http://ltp.sourceforge.net/documentation/how-to/ltp.php#_4 & > > http://ltp.sourceforge.net/documentation/how-to/ltp.php#_5 > > > > I would be really happy if we can expand the base in which we can write > > our test cases. Let me know what others think. > > > > Regards-- > > Subrata > > Would it be possible to dual-license the libs under BSD and GPLv2 > licenses as well? I ask because many projects in the Unix world apart
I am not sure about this. May be Nate will be able to answer this more, or Robert. Else, i need to talk to our Attorney for this. Regards-- Subrata > from Linux would benefit from libtr, and due to licensing concerns > they restrict their permittable pkgs to closed-source compatible > projects, but make a small exception for some GPL licensed core apps > like binutils, gcc, etc. > Thanks! > -Garrett ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
