Re: testing branch 2010-08-23

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 08/23/2010 05:49 PM, Cliff Brake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As detailed in the following page, we are trying to get a testing
> branch going where we try to verify OE builds for a number of
> combinations of distro/machine/target/
>
> http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Testing
>
> I have branched dev.oe.org to the testing-testing branch, and have
> verified it builds the following.
>
> beagleboard 	angstrom-2008.1 	beagleboard-linuxtag2010-demo-image
> 	Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit 	User:Cbrake
> beagleboard 	angstrom-2008.1 	console-image 	Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit 	User:Cbrake 	

To be clear, a line with an entry in the 'last tested' column indicates a
successful build of that combination?

> Next Monday, we will merge testing-testing to the testing branch, and
> tag it with the testing_2010-08-23 tag, and note the combinations that
> build in the above wiki page.
>
> We are looking for people who are willing to test clean builds of
> other combinations on a regular basis, or other ideas on how to make
> this "testing" concept work.  My initial thought is to work on a
> weekly cycle, but of course not every combination will be tested every
> week.
>
> If this gains enough traction, perhaps we will want to make the
> testing branch the default OE meta-data branch so that new users by
> default get something that will probably build.  I think its also very
> useful to give users a known starting point.  With the myriad of
> combinations available, its useful to know what is a good baseline.

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