[Incubator] autobuild/autotest for OSGeo projects

[Frank Warmerdam]

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Mapbuilder has an automated build (using ant) but we don't have 
> automated testing yet.

Cameron,

When you say this is an automated build, do you mean in the sense that
it gets automatically built on some server every so often (ie. daily)
or just automatic in the sense that having makefiles is automatic?  I
haven't really used ant much, but just thought of it as a make analog.

Ideally "autobuilds" would be setup to occur on a system somewhere
on a schedule, and there would be some sort of notification, either
as a web page or a status email if the builds are not working.

> We have started looking into automated testing, but we are still many 
> months away from having a comprehensive test suite.  (JS tools are a 
> long way behind java and C tools).

I'm a big fan of starting with a small test suite, getting it "into play"
and then growing it as time permits, especially focusing on adding to it
for any new functions or old functions that get fixed.   I am certainly
not suggesting we require a comprehensive test suite for foundation
projects.

Best regards,
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