Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/12] tests: Introducing docker tests

[Fam Zheng]

On Wed, 02/10 11:23, Alex Bennée wrote:
> > To begin with, this can be a place to store standard env/command 
> > combinations to
> > build and test QEMU.
> >
> > Secondly, CI usually provides "docker" capability (such as travis [1]), 
> > where
> > we define standard/repeatable test environments, and run tests in them.
> > However, what tests to cover is better maintained in-tree, in order to keep 
> > in
> > sync with the code development.
> 
> We've actually just switched to using Travis' containers for our builds
> which I think don't allow the use of docker. This is because Travis has
> more build capacity with the container infrastructure compared to the
> old VM based solution.

Sure, we should still keep testing matrix for Travis in .travis.yml.

The actual background of this is I'm trying to make progress on Patchew
(apologies, it's going slow), for which I still want all the build flags to be
maintained in qemu.git, hence the "make docker" commands.

> >
> > Lastly, this makes it very simple for developers to replicate such tests
> > themselves.
> 
> However I think this is the most useful part. Making it easier for
> developers to run tests on something other than their desktop. I shall
> have a look through. Thanks!

Especially so when a patch contributor gets an automatical reply to their
patches about a build/test failure and he/she is up to fix it.

Fam