[Incubator] autobuild/autotest for OSGeo projects

[Mark Lucas]

Automated testing for OSSIM is highly desired.  We have recently  
created an OSSIM test plan and Garrett has started a unit test  
module.  Any help or guidance in this area will be greatly  
appreciated by the team.

Mark Lucas

On Mar 26, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I would like to suggest that an automated build and smoke test be part
> of the list of "highly desired features" of an OSGeo project.
>
> By automated build and smoke tests, I mean that project source code
> should be automatically built from CVS/SVN at least nightly and then
> some sort of minimal automatic test be run against that version to
> verify that the current version is at least minimally operational.   
> Ideally
> such build and smoke tests could be done more often, even on  
> demand.  And
> ideally the automatic testing should be fairly extensive.   
> Furthermore,
> ideally automatic notifications to developers, the developer  
> mailing list
> or somewhere similar should be done when the build or tests fail.
>
> Howard Butler has done a bunch of work with "Build Bot" to make this
> happen for GDAL and is now working on MapServer.  You can see an  
> example at:
>
>   http://gdal.builds.hobu.net/
>
> I am sure that some of the projects already do this.  I think that  
> GeoTools
> has something like this that is somewhat Java oriented.  Is that right
> Jody/Chris?  I also suspect that MapGuide already has this, though  
> I don't
> know if it is aimed at the OS (open source) version of MG.   
> Projects like
> Mapbender, and MapBuilder that are client browser oriented might  
> not make
> sense to approach in the same way.  Arnulf, Cameron, can you  
> comment on
> whether there would be a meaningful way in which build and smoke  
> test could
> be applied automatically?
>
> My intention isn't to mandate a particular approach to a build and  
> smoke test,
> but rather to push this as a highly desirable aspect of an OSGeo  
> project.  I
> do think that OSGeo ought to provide support to help setup this up for
> projects that don't have their own way they would like to do this.   
> To this
> end Howard has indicated a willingness to setup BuildBot support on  
> an OSGeo
> server at telescience for this purpose.
>
> I would add, that I see this as an action in support of the OSGeo  
> goal "To
> ensure a high degree of quality in foundation projects in order to  
> build and
> preserve the foundation brand."
>
> I have added this as an agenda item for the meeting tomorrow.  If  
> we are
> agreeable on this, my hope is that we can start setting up an OSGeo  
> build
> and smoke test server soon at telescience.  I have cc:ed Howard and  
> also
> Norman (who is responsible for OSGeo use of telescience systems) to  
> this
> end.
>
> Best regards,
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