On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:55 +0530 Subrata Modak wrote: > Hi, > > Recent OLS 2008 was a critical point in LTP´s evolution, as i got the > opportunity to meet several people across the Linux ecosystem, and > listened to their opinion about LTP. Here i would start a mail chain > with the above Subject line, discuss each and every issue in this > mailing list, collate everybody´s opinion on those issue(s) and take > action accordingly. These are the people i encountered: > > 1) People, who uses LTP heavily. And they suggested lots of improvement > to it. We will discuss those issues in mails from now, > > 2) People, who have heard about LTP and not used it till now. They > promised that they will give a try, > > 3) People, who has never heard about it. So, it was an opportunity to > convey them what LTP is all about. I hope people in Category 2 & 3 will > start using LTP soon, and we will get an enlarged user base and hence > bringing more contribution in future. > > ================= > ISSUE # 1 > ================= > The heavy users made a point of LTP having the capability to automate > testing completely. What they meant was LTP to have capability to do: > 1) Kernel Build,
With what/how many configs? > 2) Kernel Install/Distro install, With which/how many distros? This is an unending mess... and $someone will say "you don't support my $distro". > 3) Then do specific/all tests, (Like Serge said) Just focus here. > They said that this feature will simplify the way they work. I would > like to know what you all think about this. > > What i feel is, every project should evolve and should be flexible > enough to meet their users requirement dynamically, and should not be > tied down with the limitations of it´s initial design constraints. If > automating kernel build, install and tests is a requirement coming from > the user community, then we need to give a hard look at it. I would like > to know what you think about this. Kernel builds are relatively easy to do & automating them isn't difficult. OTOH, installing a distro is a much larger task in my experience. --- ~Randy Linux Plumbers Conference, 17-19 September 2008, Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
