Re: Test implementation?
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 08:59:27AM +0200, Ralf Flaxa wrote:
> As I am "officially leading" the LSB implementation team let me explain
> you where we currently are and what the next steps will be.
Thanks!
> o We compiled a list of things, that need to be done/written. I am still
> working on that but I hope to post this to this list by the end of this
> week, at least before I start traveling and meeting with them.
Ok.
> 1. A development system recompiles a development system from sources
> 2. The resulting development system rebuilds itself
> 3. The now clean (fixpoint!) development system rebuilds itself again
> and also all the other packages too.
Sounds good.
> Once we have doen this it will allow us to upload a clean source base
> to SourceForge and that was planned as the "visible" starting point.
> We did not want to upload something that can't rebuild itself and was
> just "hacked" together somehow. We believe that a good quality start
> is crucial to the success of it.
This makes a lot of sense. Having something that actually works will
encourage people to continue, rather than going away.
> > Actually, that is really my question. Is anyone working on a sample
> > implementation in parallel with the other efforts?
> Yes, there is. The reason why you haven't seen anything yet is that
> we have to have a critical mass that makes sense for others to
> download and play with. We hope to have this available before the
> end of May.
> If there are people willing to help even in this early stage, please
> contact me and I will think about ways to cut out some pieces for
> you so that you don't have to download hundreds of MB every day to
> stay in sync with the major changes we currently do.
Both myself and another Developer here in our Padua offices are
interested in helping out with this development. I don't think we can
guarantee full time, but let's see what there is that we can assist
with.
Thanks,
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