Re: [rvm-core] jikesrvm mercurial login request

[Steve B. <Ste...@an...>]

On 14/05/2012, at 8:01 PM, Erik Brangs wrote:
> B) IIRC no changes flowed from the main repository to the soc2011 
> repository. IMHO we should make sure that students merge all changes 
> from the main repository regularly, either from a separate branch that 
> is kept uptodate with the main repository or directly from the main 
> repository.

I agree.   The students should be working w.r.t. the head and merging from there where practicable.

> Is there a strategy for merging the student's code as GSoC progresses? 

I don't believe that there is.

Often the projects require a degree of prototyping work, which is not suitable for merging.

> There may be some changes and/or refactorings which can be merged 
> immediately.

Yes.   To the extent that this happens, I agree strongly that it should be merged incrementally.   This not only exposes the refactorings to greater scrutiny, but also allows the student a greater sense of achievement and helps break down the problem.

> C) What's the status of testing for the GSoC projects? Are there any 
> plans to run regression tests against the student's code?

In principal we can set this up.   I think it's a good idea.   We (ANU) can get this happening if the respective students / mentors let us know what they need.

--Steve