[vdsm] Keeping VDSM Compatible with Ubuntu

[Itamar Heim]

On 09/27/2013 04:16 PM, Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 03:53:08PM +0800, Zhou Zheng Sheng wrote:
>> Recently we merged some patches to make VDSM run on Ubuntu. We also have
>> some packaging scripts in the debian/ sub-dir. You can either build .deb
>> packages manually or find binary packages from VDSM PPA [1] on
>> launchpad.net. Once you add that PPA, you can use apt-get to install
>> VDSM and its dependencies.
>>
>> I'll setup a Jenkins on my laptop to test the master branch
>> automatically by build and install VDSM on Ubuntu, then running unit and
>> functional tests. I suggest when adding a new change, it's better to
>> make sure it is covered by unit or functional tests. If you change the
>> packaging code, for example adding new options to configure.ac, editing
>> vdsm.spec.in, and changing VDSM daemon startup behavior, I am happy to
>> be invited to review your patch.
>>
>> I'd also like to listen to your suggestions on this topic, thanks!
>
> I'd recommend getting in touch with infra to set up an ubuntu slave to
> ensure compatibility. We have our CI infra almost in a shape where we
> can easily add new slaves.
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+1 - if you can get to run some sanity tests per vdsm patch, you can 
prevent bad things from happening rather than chase things after they broke