First cut of the continuous testing infrastructure

[George Neville-Neil]

On Dec 31, 2013, at 8:22 , Julio Merino <julio at meroh.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> With all the work that has gone into the tree to add the barebones of
> a test suite in FreeBSD, and with the generous availability of 3
> machines for testing purposes, I am pleased to announce the very first
> cut of the testing infrastructure!
> 
> Before spoiling the fun, let me make clear that these pages are /not/
> final by any means. There is still a ton of work to be done to, at
> least: 1) make the reports more amenable and usable; 2) extend the
> infrastructure to cover more releases and architectures; 3) grow the
> test suite to make it a useful tool; 4) fix existing breakage; and 5)
> notify developers when things break (possibly even pinpointing at
> faulty commits!).
> 
> Having said that, point your browser at:
> 
>    http://kyua1.nyi.freebsd.org/
> 
> and have fun!
> 
> You may read some more on this work on the project page:
> 
>    http://wiki.freebsd.org/TestSuite
> 
> and on my blog post introducing the FreeBSD test suite:
> 
>    http://julipedia.meroh.net/2013/12/introducing-freebsd-test-suite.html
> 
> Hoping you find this useful in its current form... let the feedback flow!
> 
> Enjoy your entry into 2014 :-)
> 

This looks great!  We need to get people to start writing tests as part of their day to day coding now.

Best,
George