Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:45:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:45:48 -0500 Received: from [63.109.146.2] ([63.109.146.2]:29936 "EHLO mail0.myrio.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:45:45 -0500 Message-ID: From: Torrey Hoffman To: "'Rik van Riel'" , nbecker@fred.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: regression testing Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:44:26 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rik van Riel wrote: >This is definately a great idea. [...] >Note that some of these testing options are almost trivial to >set up [...] If an effort in this direction produced a "kernel-tester.tar.gz" package, I'm sure lots of people with spare hardware would install it, and then check it once a day for oops or crashes, and mail in the bug reports.... I have the spare hardware, I just don't have the time to constantly be downloading, compiling, and testing. I'm sure I'm not unique in that respect. An automated system would probably bring thousands of new machines on board for continuous testing, keeping it a community effort. Not that the testing work of IBM, SGI, Red Hat, et. al. is unappreciated, but a distributed, open, regression testing package sort of fits the Linux philosophy and model... Torrey Hoffman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/