Hi Dan, > > Is there someplace I could read up on what we would need for a proper > test env? Is it along the lines of just running all the existing tests > under various OS's? (more than what Hudson is doing now?) > > I'm currently running automated builds for some other OSS projects on > Win2k, WinXP, Ubuntu 8.04 [all i386 for now], though might be able to > add amd64 if needed. > > (Unfortunately, my OpenSolaris i386 toasted itself a few too many > times > when it locked and zfs went bye, bye after reboot - [note: this is not > a > slam on zfs, the hardware involved was prehistoric] - I will try it > again after the next release. Of course if some sparc hardware fell > out > the sky, I'd certainly add it to my basement build farm). > > Maybe I've found something I could finally help with? ;)
The problem is I'm not sure what a proper test environment really would mean or looks like. All I know is this article by Nigel Daley who also setup the current tests with Hudson. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/nidaley/archive/2006/04/jini_300000_tes.html Maybe we don't have to go that far, but as I understood the current tests are only a subset to keep the test time to a reasonable minimum and that for the AR1 release Sun did the additional testing. I think this is really somebody more qualified than I am should answer. Nevertheless it would be great if you could help a hand, the same applies BTW to Dennis Reedy. Still have to answer his questions ... Regards, -- Mark Brouwer
