Subject: Re: SoC: Second ATF preview
To: Julio M.Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
From: Adam Hamsik <haaaad@gmail.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/21/2007 01:05:53
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On Aug 20, 2007, at 9:35 PM, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Following my "First ATF preview"[1] e-mail, I have uploaded[2] new  
> snapshots of NetBSD-current with ATF[3] merged into it.  I have  
> used the first public release of ATF, 0.1[4], for this build.  It  
> has been released today to conclude the development of ATF as part  
> of Summer of Code 2007.  All further code will be outside of the  
> scope of SoC.
>
> As stated in the first preview: At the moment I have only uploaded  
> releases for the machines I can try, but if you really want to use  
> these on some other specific platform, drop me a note and I'll  
> prepare a release build for it.
>
> For the best experience, install these releases from scratch --  
> using a virtual machine is recommended because re-upgrading this  
> installation to newer previews won't be painless (no management of  
> obsolete files, etc.).  Be sure to select the 'tests.tgz' set in  
> sysinst.  Then, once the system is installed and minimally  
> configured, you can inspect the contents of /usr/tests, and run  
> 'atf-run | atf-report' in that directory.  afterboot(8) has been  
> updated with more details.
>
> In case you want to upgrade a machine to these releases, you can  
> follow the traditional procedure, but don't forget to install the  
> new tests.tgz set.
>
> Further development is now open to contributors, so feel free to  
> help!  All development will happen on the atf-devel[5] mailing list  
> from now on, so feel free to join.
>
> Oh, and you also have an ATF package in pkgsrc/devel/atf in case  
> you just want to try the core component without messing your  
> current system :-)  You won't get the NetBSD-specific regression  
> tests, though.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 1: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2007/08/08/0000.html
> 2: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jmmv/NetBSD-atf-merged/
> 3: http://www.NetBSD.org/~jmmv/atf/
> 4: http://www.netbsd.org/~jmmv/atf/news.html#20070820-atf-0-1-released
> 5: http://www.netbsd.org/~jmmv/atf/news.html#20070818-atf-devel-ml- 
> created
>
> -- 
> Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
>
>

Thanx for your great work.

Regards
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