> On Jan 18, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Bruce Schuchardt <bschucha...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > I've extended the distributedTest framework to let us do > backward-compatibility testing. Once it is reviewed and committed people > will be needed to modify existing tests to run against multiple versions of > Geode. > > Here is the RB review: https://reviews.apache.org/r/55688/ > > The diff in this review includes a client/server test modified to run against > multiple versions. Basically you just need to parameterize an existing > distributedTest case to run against multiple versions using > Host.getHost(0).getVM(testVersion, vmNumber). That give you a JVM that's set > up to use the requested version. You can then use the normal method/lambda > invocation methods to run code in that JVM. > > Currently version "100" (1.0.0-incubating) is available for > backward-compatibility testing. Versions to be tested are configured in > geode-old-versions/build.gradle as source-sets. Adding a new version is > trivial.
Since this was the last issue we called out for releasing geode 1.1.0, I think we should move ahead with adding this framework and the current set of tests. Over time we can (and should) extend the tests, particularly to validate rolling upgrades. Thanks Bruce! Anthony
