Re: [Swig-devel] New SWIG directions?

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> I've also been thinking it might be nice to  have some kind of script, =
tool, or=20
> whatever that could be used to download and install all of the =
required software,
> target languages, and tools necesssary to run the SWIG test suite. =20

I bow to that: I remember some time ago I spent ages configuring a =
proper environment to build SWIG.

> Something that could be used to set up a virtual testing machine =
without too much effort.

Why not directly a pre-configured virtual machine?
I don't know which system you use, but VM Ware server is free and allows =
to import directly VMs from others like Microsoft Virtual PC.
Could be a good startup to provide some pre-configured VMs?=20
And if SWIG use them for testing, no additional work, and the guarantee =
they are always up-to-date with the actual development practices.

Frederic


-----Original Message-----
From: swi...@li... =
[mailto:swi...@li...] On Behalf Of David =
Beazley
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:56 AM
To: William S Fulton
Cc: swig-devel list
Subject: Re: [Swig-devel] New SWIG directions?

>>
> Yes that sounds good, this service could be useful. I think the main=20
> problem is getting a centralised way of reporting results is the=20
> important bit as finding servers to run things on probably isn't too=20
> tricky. You mentioned you've got a box and so have I and as I said, it =

> is possible to configure one box with many virtual machines covering a =

> wide array of systems.

For what it's worth, I am *VERY* interested in the idea of utilizing =20
virtual machines for testing.   I recently upgraded my desktop =20
machine to one of the new Intel based Macs.  Using that, I am currently =
able to do development in OS-X, Win-2000, Win-XP, Linux, FreeBSD, and =
Solaris 10 (can actually run all of the systems =20
simultaneously in different windows).   I've been thinking about how =20
I might utilize this in a sensible way.  Maybe all we really need is a =
good way to report test results to some kind of central location on =20
www.swig.org.   I've also been thinking it might be nice to  have =20
some kind of script, tool, or whatever that could be used to download =
and install all of the required software, target languages, and tools =
necesssary to run the SWIG test suite.  Something that could be used =20
to set up a virtual testing machine without too much effort.    At =20
this point it's all very preliminary however.

Cheers,
Dave


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