Rana Dasgupta wrote:
On 10/6/06, Pavel Ozhdikhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If we agree on common testing configs we can make sure the Harmony
>will be stable on at least this set of configurations. This does not
>mean we won't fix problems on other configurations. The goal is to
>gain and maintain general stability.
>I propose to work out a set of configs the committers will use to
>check patches before committing them to SVN. We can start with a few
>configs defining the platform, OS familly and the compiler used. When
>we are sure the Harmony is stable we can add more configurations. IMO,
>it would be reasonable to start with 3 configurations - one
>configuration for each supported platform, for example:
>- Windows / IA32 / MSVS .NET 2003 / release
>- Linux / IA32 / GCC 4.0.3 / release
>- Linux / EM64T / GCC 4.0.3 / release
We need to check both release and debug builds...the binaries and timing
characteristics are too different. At this immediate stage of the
project, I
would suggest leaving out EM64T as part of mandatory testing( unless it is
EM64T specific functionality, eg., codegen ). Too few contributors and
committers have access to it. We are not yet at a stage where we can make
this mandatory.
I have a machine now :) I will be EM64T-ing all the live-long day!
If possible all submissions should be tested( by submitters ) on all the
combinations identified . It is actually more urgent for submitters to do
this. We should stop patches by email.
We don't really accept them.
Also, at this point, it is an honor
system, we can't attach 6 before and after test logs to each JIRA
submission. The committer could randomly check on one or more combination,
...the more the better obviously.
I think that just having a submitter note which platforms have been
tested is good. Having others test and note their results is good too.
Best is getting community CI systems set up. That EM64T system will be
for that, and I'll have a linux 32 bit machine also doing it.
In some cases, submissions will be platform specific ( eg., very new code
like GC V5, platform specific bug fixes or a simple case of developer not
having all the machines ). I would leave these to the committers'
discretion.
Thanks.
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