On 2013-09-03 13:49, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 05:09:22PM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: >> How you can help (NEW-TEST-HELP) >> ================================ >> >> Add tests to your packages. The full specification for these >> tests are available from [AUTOPKG]. If you need inspiration, >> consider looking at some of the existing >> autopkgtests[FIND-AUTOPKG]. >> >> We need to have the autopkgtest tests run. Holger Levsen >> suggested that jenkins.debian.net has the necessary hardware to >> support these tests. >> >> Asheesh Laroia has kindly spent some time during DebConf13 >> researching and experimenting with setting up such jobs. >
Hi, I realise we had a chat about this on IRC, but I never got around to follw up to your mail, so here goes: > So, in the context of work to periodically run various sorts of > static analysis tests on Debian packages [1], we (myself, Sylvestre > Ledru, Léo Cavaillé, and Matthieu Caneill) have considered using > Jenkins. Based on feedback from Matthias Klumpp and his experience > in using Jenkins for Tanglu, we have concluded that it didn't > really scale to the point that we needed (number of Debian packages > * number of checkers). We ended up using Paul Tagliamonte's debile > infrastructure [2]. > > I don't doubt that jenkins.d.n can be leveraged for the time > being, giving the low amount of autopkgtests currently available. > But you might want to check with Matthias or similar experiences > before committing to using Jenkins for this. > Assuming there is sufficient hardware behind debile (I was told this wasn't a problem for jenkins.d.n), then I would (personally) welcome a debile-based setup instead of a jenkins-based one for this. Honestly, I do not think the Release Team cares much about the underlying platform, as long as the platform and the autopkgtest-runner have active maintainers. To my knowledge, there has not been anyone volunteers in this area yet since Asheesh spent his time at DebConf13 on a prototype[1]. Volunteering for this task is left as an exercise for the reader. > > Apart from this, hopefully useful feedback: kudos for these saucy > bits from the Release Team :-) Keep up the good work! > > > Cheers. > > [...] You are welcome. Hopefully we will have some new "saucy bits" fairly soon. ~Niels [1] At least not anyone on debian-release@l.d.o -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5242d6e3.8010...@thykier.net
