Hi Jonas,I'm glad to hear that you are interested in helping us improve Chromium. The project you've identified seems interesting. If you haven't already, please prepare an application including as much detail demonstrating your qualifications for the project as you can. It's not immediately obvious how you would automate the process of creating a reduced test case, so I'm excited to see what you can tell us. For more information about the program, check out the recent blogpost at http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/03/reminder-applications-for-google-summer.html Thanks, Brian
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Jonas Fonseca <jonas.fons...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hello, > > I am considering taking part in this years GSoC to create a framework > for chromium to automatically reduce test cases. Currently, the issue > tracker contains 71 issues labeled "NeedsReduction"[1], which suggests > that such a framework could be of assistance to developers and > testers. The basic idea is to create an external tool, plugin or > extension, which implements some of the existing testing tips[2] and > concepts from the delta debugging project[3] and allows to > automatically creates reduced test cases using an iterative approach. > > [1] http://crbug.com/?q=label:NeedsReduction > [2] > http://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/backend-testing/website-compatibility/reduced-test-cases > [3] http://www.st.cs.uni-saarland.de/papers/tse2002/ > > I would like to know if such a framework would be of interest to the > Chromium project or if it already exists internally at Google, since I > see links, such as http://go/reductions/5680/testcase.html, in some of > the issues that needs reduction. > > About me: In the past, I have been a developer on the ELinks text-mode > browser. On my master, I have worked on creating a test framework for > networked embedded systems and am interested in applying some of the > ideas I have stumbled upon during this experience to other areas. > > -- > Jonas Fonseca > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
