[Angstrom-devel] statistical info on images

[Hans Henry von Tresckow]

On Jan 5, 2008 8:54 AM, Joshua Layne <joshua at willowisp.net> wrote:
>
> Koen Kooi wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > 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
> >
> > http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/autobuild/hx4700/Angstrom-minimalist-gpe-image-glibc-ipk-2007.12-r1-hx4700-testlab/
> >
> > Which holds a few files:
> >
> > * 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].
> >
> > 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
> >
> > [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
> >
> >
>
> 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
>
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+1 from me, especially on the installed-packages.txt file. That will
make it a lot easier to see what changed from one auto-build to the
next and how much extra testing a new autobuild candiate is going to
need.



-- 
Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)