Coverity Scan [1] is a commercial (paid for) static analysis tool, but they offer it to Open Source programmes for free. I was having a browse through the list of Open Source programmes using Coverity Scan, and noticed that Cygwin wasn't listed. Would there be any interest in analysing the cygwin1.dll source code on a fairly regular basis? If so, I would be happy to have a go at setting up an analysis job for Cygwin.
I would imagine this would be of interest to CGF, Corinna and anyone else who regularly updates the Cygwin source code. Obviously, this is only worth doing if the analysis results are looked at and acted upon. There are some conditions associated with using Coverity Scan [2]. The one thing that jumps out is that our relationship with RedHat might be a stumbling block. We can but ask - the worst that can happen is that they politely decline. There have been a few hints on this list about a possible move from CVS to git. If such a move were on the cards then that should probably happen first - I wouldn't want the nugatory effort of getting this working from CVS only to have to change it almost immediately. Any thoughts? Dave. [1] - https://scan.coverity.com/ [2] - https://scan.coverity.com/faq#how-get-project-included-in-scan -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple