Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:52:05 -0400 From: Brian McGovern <bmcgover@cisco.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for good QA tests... Message-ID: <199908261752.NAA00435@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com>
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>> Therefore, I'm asking people to put their minds to work, and talk >> about valid tests that we could run to catch things that might slip >> through the cracks. I'm hoping that some of the long-timers can point >> out areas that have been missed before, and others to point out areas >> where they have seen local problems. > >As you are a networking outfit, I would imagine that you would be interested >in two things: Hmm... Its good to see that there are people in the world who don't think we're a food company (for the non-locals, there is a Sysco in New England (USA) that does food distribution. They always confuse them with us (Cisco)). >1) Does the core OS still work, and >2) Does the networking still work? > >1) Is usually well checkable with a "make world", and >2) could (I imagine) be well tested with a make world with > NFS mounted disks, possibly using another FreeBSD box as > a router for extra stress. > >Is this what you are looking for? Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time for others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a "lets help the project by coordinating testing" thing.... -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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