Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 11:57:24 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: perhaps@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Cc: terry@lambert.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regression tests (was Re: A 3.0-current SNAP building machine has been found!) Message-ID: <199705111857.LAA05834@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199705111709.TAA06018@bitbox.follo.net> from "Eivind Eklund" at May 11, 97 07:09:52 pm
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> > I was actually against using "voting"; I prefer forcing developers to > > verify that compiles work and the resulting code does not trivially > > fail prior to it being committed. That way the tree would always work; > > the best you can get out of "voting" is "provided with high confidence > > that it might work". > > Regression tests. We really should have this integrated into the > build system. This is scary, in that it starts requiring developers to have "big iron". The POSIX tests (for example) take a while to run. [ ... ] > Anyway; being able to do a 'make regress' on the entire FreeBSD > source tree and know all new code and a lot of old code got tested > would be a _good_ feeling. Yes, very much so! I would limit its application, though; if the CVS went "split tree with snapshot", then the process could be automated, but it's probably too much overhead otherwise. 8-(. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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