[yocto] oe-selftest documentation

Stoicescu, CorneliuX corneliux.stoicescu at intel.com
Wed Mar 19 05:50:11 PDT 2014


Hello,

We have oe-selftest already integrated in poky but we lack in documentation: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4740

Here is what I am thinking about what could be done and I would like opinions on what should be done:
1) We can do a wiki entry to describe in detail how to use oe-selftest and give examples. The problem here is that as oe-selftest changes this entry might become outdated and even if we update it then older Yocto releases users will not be able to use it anymore.
2) We can have a manual entry derived from the wiki entry. Scott can use the wiki entry as a reference, if we decide to have one, to create the manual entry. The advantage of this is that we will have valid and up to date information for each Yocto release.
3) We can introduce comments in the script to explain what and why it does what it does(at the moment we have some though)
4) We can introduce comments in test modules or a DESCRIPTION field to document the test steps, especially for more complex tests(we have no such comments at the moment).

I would opt for 2) and 3) as I believe they give the most value with the least amount of time needed for creation and maintenance.  

If anyone has any more ideas please add your thoughts. 

Regards,
Corneliu



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