Hi all,

This is an announcement of a new Crucible 1.7 release. Much has changed in this release, most notably including a new, easy to use installation system.

We have been using the crucible installation at OSDL for running Cairo and GEGL testing, and also use it for kernel testing with NFSv4, CPU hotplug, and more. We'd love to see it used for more widespread testing, and are providing the code for anyone that would like to set up their own environment:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/crucible/crucible-1.7.tar.gz

Crucible provides a powerful, flexible backend for building automated testing systems. It allows for conducting tests on multiple machines (via NFS), including patching, rebuilding, and booting new kernels, libraries, and services. Configuration and customization can be done through simple config files and bash scripts. It is suitable for performing tests of GUI applications, services, libraries, and kernel patches.

Changes: A new installation system is in place, which should make it straightforward to getting a basic crucible install up and running quickly. Lots of documentation has been added. There is a new post-installation test 'make installcheck'. Directory locations have been abstracted. Internals have been abstracted and generalized, giving more flexibility for customization/extension. Several new subcommands added to 'sut' script for managing system images, adding new machines, etc. A new queue_plan script is added for doing easier one-off testruns. Kernel building is more robust and generalized.

Bryce