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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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Can you prototype it? We should use something like that for +</I>><i> > > mageia 4." +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > Anne Nicolas: +</I>><i> > > "I remember some people starting something about it Furthermore it could +</I>><i> > > be interested to have some virtualization for basic tests once rebooted" +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > Regards +</I>><i> > > Glen Ogilvie +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > we should look to openQA too. ( <A HREF="https://github.com/bmwiedemann/openQA">https://github.com/bmwiedemann/openQA</A> ) +</I>><i> > but seems it needs a huge work to adapt but i think t's worth it +</I>><i> +</I>><i> openQA is a web frontent for OS-autoinst. +</I> +yes but w/o openQA you have errors when starting os-autoinst +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="024147.html">[Mageia-dev] automated installer testing +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="024149.html">[Mageia-dev] Freeze push: postgresql-(8.4,9.0,9.1,9.2) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#24182">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#24182">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#24182">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#24182">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |