[Fwd: mailing list for test results]

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/3/5 Dalibor Topic <Dalibor.Topic at sun.com>:
> Dalibor Topic wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> it doesn't seem that anyone is at home in the Quality Group this week,
>> so I figured I'll forward the mail over here.
>
> On a second reading, this sentence sounds mean and frustrated,
> rather then entertainingly light and funny - apologies for that.
>

It sounded light and funny from here at least :)

>> In brief: could we
>> create a mailing list for OpenJDK 6 test results, please?
>
> On a second reading, a question to consider comes up: would we need a
> second list for OpenJDK7 test results? Would one list and meaningful
> subject choices do?
>

One list is fine.  We can always split it into two if the amount of
mail becomes a problem for its readership.  I'm still concerned that
I'm missing important mails on one of the many OpenJDK lists, while
being subscribed to several that don't see a single post.

> cheers,
> dalibor topic
>
>> cheers,
>> dalibor topic
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> mailing list for test results
>> From:
>> Dalibor Topic <Dalibor.Topic at Sun.COM>
>> Date:
>> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:52:34 +0100
>> To:
>> quality-discuss at openjdk.java.net
>>
>> To:
>> quality-discuss at openjdk.java.net
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> as the uptake of OpenJDK in GNU/Linux distributions, and in other
>> exciting places grows, there is an increasing need to have a
>> central place to post test results from jtreg and other test suite
>> runs, and have them archived for later mining, comparison, etc.
>>
>> Other similarly scoped free software projects like the GNU compiler
>> collection use mailing lists for that purpose, in gcc's case that's
>> 'gcc-regression'  - a moderate volume list where regression results
>> for the GCC compilers are posted.
>>
>> It would be great if the Quality Group could provide a similar
>> regression test results mailing list, where people (automatically)
>> building OpenJDK 6/7 and running jtreg could post their results to.
>>
>> For the background of this request, please see the thread at the
>> distro-pkg-dev mailing list, starting at
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2009-February/004925.html
>>
>> cheers,
>> dalibor topic
>
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Andrew :-)

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