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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:

> On Sep 20, Karsten Behrmann [BearPerson AT gmx.net] wrote:
> > Let me emphasize: we *need* testers. I want us to quit having a
> > more-than-10-month-old ISO as soon as we can. This means we need the test
> > series ironed out quickly.
> >
> > Also, we need devel testers. Right now, devel has been quiet for some
> > days because of test coming out, but soon, there will be devel ISOs
> > again with all the changes and features planned for the 0.9.6 stable
> > release. They need testers too.
>
> Can I get a show of hands of experienced SMGL users who would like to test
> the ISO out but feel they have no way to do so, including not having a good
> way to do a chroot to test it?  Getting some test environments up (even via
> VM) is something I plan to work on soon, I'd like to gauge how important it
> really is for the developers at large so I can prioritize.
>
> Private replies are fine.

I'd like to have a writeup on how to use chroot/UML/Xen to test an
ISO. Almost all of my machines are in use at the moment so I can't
spare one to reinstall on, though I do have a few spare machines
floating around it would be nice to be able to test on my laptop when
I have a moment here or there during the day.

- -sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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http://eric.sandall.us/          |  SysAdmin @ Inst. Shock Physics @ WSU
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