From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeffrey A Law To: Joe Buck Cc: egcs@cygnus.com (egcs team) Subject: Re: testing consistency Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:21:00 -0000 Message-id: <17021.873930061@hurl.cygnus.com> References: <199709050148.SAA15882@atrus.synopsys.com> X-SW-Source: 1997-09/msg00381.html In message < 199709050148.SAA15882@atrus.synopsys.com >you write: > I think that I'd like to see a bit more discipline in how we do testing. > Many of us are doing various tests now, but I do want to make sure that > we cover the cases that users are likely to use. I'll second this. It's going to be extremely difficult to get a good quality release out if everyone isn't bootstrapping and testing in a similar manner. Bootstrapping with additional flags and testing with additional flags are useful, but we've got to get the base stuff solid first. This is critical to getting a release solidified and out the door. The first step in this process is to get everyone to bootstrap in the same manner. Is anyone else using the rough toplevel "bootstrap" target I posted last week? Comments and improvements are definitely welcome! > Ideally, it should be extremely simple to run a "standard test" and > do a full report of results, and mail it back to a standard address. > e.g. > > ./configure > make > make test_and_report Don't forgot "make install" at the end -- it's been a source of problems and we need to make sure it works. Jeff