BTRFS: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[Bernd Stramm]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:31:44 +0000 (UTC)
JB <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bryn M. Reeves <bmr <at> redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > On 07/14/2011 05:48 PM, JB wrote:
> > > Good. Perhaps a weekly snapshot CD, with the latest BTRFS and
> > > related utils, so that the testing would be more up-to-date and
> > > meaningful. JB
> > 
> > http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Bryn.
> 
> OK.
> 
> Post every week on user, testers, and devel lists: 
> - BTRFS testing reminder
> - BTRFS info (short notes; entries; pointers to any info, info/man
> pages)
> - test instructions
> - a link where to obtain latest Fedora snapshot/nightly live composes
> with latest BTRFS software
>  
> Test instructions:
> 
> Prepare a text with your wishes (what aspects of OS and BTRFS do you
> want to be tested in particular this week), and a test plan to guide
> people how to achieve the test goals.
> 
> If you are interested in test results or capturing a special trace or
> dump, write it down with clear instructions how to do it and where to
> file it back to you.

That's not a very realistic approach you are taking now.

You are giving specific instructions to a project to in turn give
specific instructions to hypothetical testers.

Would you help out with testing if given these specific instructions?
If not yourself, who would actually do this? 

-- 
Bernd Stramm
bernd.stramm at gmail.com