[Angstrom-devel] statistical info on images

[Joshua Layne]

Koen Kooi wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I've uploaded new images for hx4700 and h2200 to unstable/autobuild
> together with some statistical info on those images. Each image has a
> 'testlab' subdir like
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> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/autobuild/hx4700/Angstrom-minimalist-gpe-image-glibc-ipk-2007.12-r1-hx4700-testlab/
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> Which holds a few files:
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> * depends*dot: Files in the DOT syntax that you can run through 'dot' to
> make svgs and pngs. Usefull for tracking deps[1][2]
> * image-dependencies*png: pngs of above .dot files
> * installed-package-sizes.txt: a list of packages and their size[3].
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> Although it's fairly trivial to generate such things it makes debugging
> problems like [2] a lot easier. The next step is to put selected bits in
> a database so we can say "gtk+ grew 10% in size over the last 2 years"
> or answer questions like "base-image now ship 6 extra packages compared
> to last month, where do those dependencies come from?".
>
> Do you think it's usefull information to upload to the autobuild area or
> should the autobuilder only upload images and kernels?
>
> regards,
>
> Koen
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> [1] http://dominion.thruhere.net/koen/cms/package-relations-inside-images
> [2] http://dominion.thruhere.net/koen/cms/the-testlab-strikes-again
> [3] http://dominion.thruhere.net/koen/cms/package-sizes-inside-image-2
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Koen, I think that is one of the most useful (and approachable) sets of 
artifacts I have seen.  I highly, highly, vote a:

+1

since I assume that is all I am allowed (if that.... :P)
Being able to track how the distro changes, being able to effectively 
troubleshoot things like the 25M console image [2] are really key to 
having a first rate distro IMO.

Thank you - this looks wonderful.

Rgds,
josh