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Subject: Re: Regression testing of 2.4.x before release?
From: "Timothy D. Witham" <wookie@osdl.org>
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On Sun, 2001-11-11 at 22:24, Dan Kegel wrote:
> "Timothy D. Witham" wrote:

  Snip

> 
> At some point it might be nice to also use the STP to help
> speed gcc 3 development, too.  (I personally am really
> looking forward to the day when I can use the same compiler
> for both c++ and kernel.)
> 

  Strange, I was just talking to somebody about compiler 
performance and regression issues and what sort of automation
could be done to do that sort of testing.  

  Since the STP is really a framework and just about any piece
of software and testing environment could be worked into it.

 So I guess you could have two pieces.  One that just ran a bunch
of compile and user level tests and then one that went in and
checked out the compiler on a kernel tree and then ran the
same performance tests that had been run using the "standard"
compiler.  

  Are you stepping forward to integrate this into STP? :-)

> - Dan
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