From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([93.97.175.187]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcrHI-0007PK-K9 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:23 +0200 Received: from localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id r4G5lapf031475; Thu, 16 May 2013 06:47:36 +0100 X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at dan.rpsys.net Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id mPd_4m-XBENc; Thu, 16 May 2013 06:47:36 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.3.10] (rpvlan0 [192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id r4G5lUdJ031469 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 16 May 2013 06:47:33 +0100 Message-ID: <1368683059.18324.131.camel@ted> From: Richard Purdie To: yocto , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Stenberg Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:44:19 +0300 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core Subject: Gnome tests, taking inspiration from us! X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 06:04:35 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've just found out that there is currently a proposal in the Gnome project to change the way they write and run tests. I know Colin posted it a few weeks ago but somehow I missed the mail and I suspect others did too: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/InstalledTests When you read through this, you will see echos of what we're trying to do with ptest and its not a coincidence! Certainly, interfacing tests like the above with ptest should be straight forward. I know the people involved in this would love feedback. There is some resistance in the Gnome community to a change like this but it would obviously be very in keeping with our goals and the higher level goal of making it easier for people to run these tests and getting wider spread and more diverse usage of them. I was thinking about the design overnight and I like it, I'm not sure I have any suggestions for improving it right now, I certainly support it. Other links: Glib discussion: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699079 Status Update: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2013-May/msg00014.html Cheers, Richard