Re: [sysvinit-devel] Test suite for sysvinit?

[Matias A. Fonzo]

> It would be a lot easier to release a new version of sysvinit if we
> had a test suite testing that the system work.  At the moment, I am
> unsure if the system work at all until I try to boot with it, and that
> is a some work to set up.
>
> If we had a simple 'make check' target running a test suite, I would
> be less relucant to make new releases.
>
> Anyone got a good idea how to create such test suite?
>

Probably the test suite can consist in a tiny embedded system, and qemu
used to boot the system.

I also think it would be wise to post a release candidate before the final
version.