Date: 13 May 99 16:55:27 PDT From: Jesus Monroy <jesus.monroy@usa.net> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, jesus.monroy@usa.net Subject: Re: [Re: BUDS Coming to you soon.] Message-ID: <19990513235527.25447.qmail@www0g.netaddress.usa.net>
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Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> wrote:
> > o........ Deep Recursion Testing[1]
> =
> I believe you mean Regression testing here. At least, the
> description you provided fits the definition of Regression testing.
> =
I guess so. As many people know, my english is not always
what it should be. :-)
> > o........ Permuntation Compilation of the GENERIC Kernel[2]
> =
> =
> Uh.. I believe you mean "Permutation", right?
> =
Yes, I thought I check the spelling.... =
> But, if you simply count the number of options, devices and
> controllers in the LINT config on 3.1 you get 313. Let's simplify
> this and pretend they are all either yes-or-no options.
> =
> That makes for a *lot* (2 to the 313) of different kernels which will =
> take quite some time to compile... (longer than your lifetime?)
> =
> Perhaps a more realistic testing paradigm should be employed?
> =
I'm open to suggestions. But I think I will have =
normal lifetime. :-)
> Also, I suggest that -hackers isn't appropriate for this...
> =
Why not? I'm open to their suggestions, discussions
and hacks. :-)
---
IN that context, it is the BSD that should be considered,
not the prefix.
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/cgi-bin/newsread?34858
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