Re: QA Goals for OpenEmbedded

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

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On 06-01-10 05:07, Holger Hans Peter Freyther wrote:

> 
> 	*) Sometimes we have pretty embarassing issues like some images switching
>             from mdev back to udev and we don't notice for months(!!!)
>             It would totally rock if one could change the rootfs.bbclass (or
>             such) class and count the size of the image on the first run, store 
>             it in the temp directory and report the diff's back to the 
>             tinderbox and then we could have a view on the tinderbox?
> 
>             Inside the build summary we should see the new size of the image
>             and the growth compared to the first built?
> 
>             The idea would be to have people look at the waterfall and go OMG 
>             why did "minimal-image" grow by 2MB?
> 
>           *) The next step would be to transfer packet sizes as well
> 
> 	  *) Integrate some testing into recipes. E.g. attempt to boot the console-
>              image and grep the Serial Console for the "Loging:" prompt..
>              Test the toolchain to compile binaries...

Those 3 points are exactly what testlab.bbclass was created for :) Over
2 years old now, but illustrates the usefullness of that class:
http://dominion.thruhere.net/koen/cms/the-testlab-strikes-again

regards,

Koen
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