Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:43:11 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: jkoshy@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: TET and other testing framework for FreeBSD Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0807212343i69526416h35a3d961fac0c9d9@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Joseph (and hackers),
I'm contacting Joseph primarily because I saw his name listed
under the TET page (http://wiki.freebsd.org/TetIntegration) as a
contact and was wondering whether or not there was any interest to
integrate test suites outside of TET into FreeBSD, but I'm also
involving hackers@ because there might be some references that someone
can provide me for other @freebsd folks.
I ask because my work with LTP (Linux Test Project :
http://ltp.sf.net) for Cisco has allowed me some insight into using
OpenPOSIX and Ballista testing frameworks, which may prove helpful in
the release testing cause, and could help in detecting faults earlier
on, thus helping expedite the release process a bit more and
increasing confidence and interest in FreeBSD.
I'm pretty sure I have the blessings of the Ballista project's
principal investigator to relicense it under the BSD / GPL license,
it's currently a 'dead project' and he gave his blessings to post the
source up on Sourceforge, but I'll double check to make sure I have
his AOK before doing so...
I'm also working on getting tst_res (1.) dually licensed from
the LTP folks with a BSD / GPL license to allow for better inclusion
into FreeBSD's infrastructure, to ensure that we have a deterministic
means of dealing with testcases and reporting.
Just wondering what, if any, interest would be in adopting and
applying this work to FreeBSD for the good of the community.
Thanks,
-Garrett
1. tst_res is a set of uniform whitebox testcase API's that are a part
of LTP, currently available in just C-format, but I hope to also add
proper bourne shell, Java, Perl, and Python bindings. The source is
GPLv2 licensed and currently 'owned' by SGI, so I'm awaiting feedback
from them as to whether or not it's OK to relicense the source.
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