[OpenAFS] Call for Volunteer - Need test scripts

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:30:26 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Jeffrey Altman wrote:

> the code did not identify the issues.  The test suites I do have cover
> most of the code paths used by typical Windows applications.  What I
> don't have are scripts to test the non-Windows operations.

A problem I understand well.

> I am looking for someone to step forward to spend several hours
> developing a set of scripts that can be executed on a Windows client
> that will test all of the fs commands, the symlink commands, as well as
> basic operations such as directory creation, rename, deletion, and
> traversal, file creation, rename, read, write, deletion, etc.   The
> scripts can be written using the scripting language of your choice
> whether it be perl, python, vbscript, etc.  I simply want something that

The unix test suite may be able to be adapted for this (perl); Ideal would 
be if it could have an OS-specific module to adapt it and otherwise would 
run anywhere. But, we'll take what we get.


> I will give a free copy of OpenAFS for Windows to the selected
> volunteer.  :-)

I will buy you a frosty beverage of your choice(*)

Derrick
* within reason. no chilled $300 bottle of wine