[Swift-devel] Testing for new releases

[Justin M Wozniak]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011, David Kelly wrote:

> During today's conference call, a matrix of configurations was
> mentioned which contained a preliminary list of what needed to be
> supported. Where is this list located?

http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/wiki/bin/view/SWFT/ReleasePlans

> So the overall plan, as I understand it:
>
> 1) Finish writing tests for configurations listed in the matrix
> 2) Verify the tests work with the 0.92 release and report any issues
> 3) Automate the tests with meta.sh

Full automation of meta.sh is not required for 0.92.  Let's start by using 
it to create an outline of what it could do via ssh.  Once we see what 
that looks like we can turn it into a real tool.

> 4) Make these verified configurations available to users via a well
> documented swift road map
>
> In terms of directory structure for site tests.. if I want to create a
> specific test for PADS, for example, should I create it within
> tests/providers/local-pbs/PADS/?

This looks good.

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Justin M Wozniak