On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Gilles.Carry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, quoting you from two messages: > > Mike Frysinger a écrit : >> the fact it depends on python is a bad thing imo. since we seem to care >> about >> people being able to build on not only non-Linux but really old Linux >> systems, then autoconf is really the only solution that makes sense. >> -mike > > ...snip... > >> linux-2.2 support is pointless. such targets are unrealistic nowadays >> beyond a hobby hacker niche, and even that is limited. anything that goes >> in for linux-2.4 would be a "general" solution. in other words, check to >> see if interface foo() exists and if not, dont build/run the affected tests. > > It depends on what you call "really old systems". > Is python not supported on kernel-2.4? > > I wonder what makes sense here.
The point is where to draw the line with issues and supporting systems. My personal opinion is this: - kernel.org hasn't supported v2.2 for 4 years. We shouldn't have to support that kernel either, esp because many of the tests aren't suitable for that kernel version. - We shouldn't actively support development trains that have been stale / obsoleted for over 2 years. We are a small group of folks who are interested in testing Linux, and the fact remains that the bulk majority of folks should be using 2.6 by now, with a small group using 2.4. Support is an important issue as it drives the question: "Where should we put our resources and time?". I hate to say it, but it's more worthwhile to test the majority than the minority of cases. Maybe we should instead direct folks with older software to try out previous versions, and make bugfixes to our sources? Or maybe we should componentize our sources so libltp and the test infrastructure pieces are instead released separate from the tests, allowing folks to mix and match testcase apps with up-to-date test harness (pan, scripts, tools, etc) code? Some more food for thought. -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
