What is the status of the test framework project? It was attempted
during GSoC 2020 but the submitted code does not satisfy one of
the design criteria: just work. Several parts of the project can be
improved.
- Expensive Microsoft Azure nodes can be replaced with local
GNU/Linux boxes. While the computing requirements of the
project are moderate, keeping raster data in cloud storage is
unaffordable.
- The general purpose image comparison can be replaced with more
finely tuned solutions. The bmpcmp utility that is used by Ghostscript
developers is a good starting point.
- The UI can be more sophisticated.
- There is no test case collection.
- The project is abandoned by the author. There's no new commits
after the official end of the project.
If the test framework project is re-offered in 2021, it could be done
better.