svn commit: r43417 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Wed Jan 1 21:07:39 UTC 2014

Author: pgj
Date: Wed Jan  1 21:07:38 2014
New Revision: 43417
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43417

Log:
  - Update and re-categorize the Kyua entry
  
  Submitted by:	jmmv

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml
==============================================================================

--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml	Tue Dec 31 17:57:05 2013	(r43416)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml	Wed Jan  1 21:07:38 2014	(r43417)
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
     <description>Projects</description>
   </category>
 
+  <category>
+    <name>bin</name>
+
+    <description>Userland Programs</description>
+  </category>
+
   <project cat='proj'>
     <title>CBSD</title>
 
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@
     </help>
   </project>
 
-  <project cat='proj'>
+  <project cat='bin'>
     <title>&os; Test Suite</title>
 
     <contact>
@@ -80,6 +86,9 @@
 
     <links>
       <url href="http://wiki.FreeBSD.org/TestSuite">Project page</url>
+      <url href="http://kyua1.nyi.FreeBSD.org/">Continuous testing infrastructure</url>
+      <url href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-testing/2013-December/000109.html">Mailing list announcement</url>
+      <url href="http://julipedia.meroh.net/2013/12/introducing-freebsd-test-suite.html">Blog post</url>
     </links>
 
     <body>
@@ -115,24 +124,34 @@
 	Of special interest is the addition of a TAP-compliant backend so
 	that existing tests from <tt>tools/regression/</tt> can be
 	plugged into the test suite with minimum effort.</p>
+
+      <p>As of December 31st, the basic continuous testing
+	infrastructure is up and running, see the links section for the
+	home page.  For further information, please see the related
+	announcement and blog post on the subject (also in the links
+	section).</p>
     </body>
 
     <help>
-      <task>We have got three machines in which to set up a continuous
-	testing system.  This work is in progress.  Once done, periodic
-	test reports will be available online.</task>
+      <task>We have got three machines for the test cluster.  At the
+	moment, only one of them is in use to continuously test amd64 on
+	both <tt>head</tt> and <tt>stable/10</tt>.  We need to figure
+	out the right level of parallelization to put other machines to
+	use — but a first easy cut may be to just test different
+	architectures (with the help of QEMU).</task>
 
       <task>Related to the above, the Kyua reporting engine needs
-	significant tuning to make the reports nice and clean.  These
-	changes will come after the basic infrastructure is in
-	place.</task>
+	significant tuning to make the reports nice and clean.  Ideally,
+	Kyua should be able to coalesce results from different runs into
+	a single location and generate cohesive reports out of them.
+	Fixing this is a high priority.</task>
 
       <task>A tutorial on writing tests for &os; has been proposed for
 	AsiaBSDCon 2014.  The outcome of the proposal is still
 	unknown, but stay tuned!</task>
 
       <task>Port, port, and port more tests to the new test suite.  A
-	test suite is worthless if it does not validate stuff!  Stay tuned
+	test suite is worthless if it does not validate stuff.  Stay tuned
 	for a request for help when we have put all basic pieces in
 	place and have streamlined the migration process.</task>
     </help>
