So as I said recently on wine-devel (*) I think it would be interesting to have a talk about the new WineTestBot.
It could start with a status update and presentation of the new setup. Then it could present possible future developments, the related issues and open discussion on the role BuildBot should or should not play.
This could also be an opportunity to discuss some policy aspects: when to drop an OS from the tested configurations, whether to only test the latest service pack, whether to systematically add / update some packages / libraries like msvcrt to their latest version, whether to only test in admin/elevated privileges mode, etc.
It would also be an opportunity to review the set of Windows configurations that all patches should go through, and for developpers to call for more to be added. Though that last part can really already be done through Bugzilla or through discussion on wine-devel: http://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?product=Wine-Testbot&component=unknow...
I would also be pretty interested in getting suggestions / insights into how to solve some of the technical challenges in testing on real hardware. I already got some interesting pointers from Dan but there will likely still be unresolved issues. That should maybe happen after the presentation so as not to bore everyone with very narrow technical aspects though.
(*) http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2012-November/097671.html http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2012-November/097677.html
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Francois Gouget