tor-webwml.git

@@ -316,6 +316,25 @@ into the Tor network without adding undesirable n^2 traffic properties

 at the directory authorities.

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+<li>

+It would be useful to have automated build processes for Windows and

+probably other platforms. The purpose of having a continuous integration

+build environment is to ensure that Windows isn't left behind for any of

+the software projects used in the Tor project or its accompanying.<br />

+Buildbot may be a good choice for this as it appears to support all of

+the platforms Tor does. See the 

+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuildBot">wikipedia entry for 

+buildbot</a>.<br />

+There may be better options and the person undertaking this task should

+evaluate other options. Any person working on this automatic build

+process should have experience or be willing to learn how to build all

+of the respective Tor related code bases from scratch. Furthermore, the

+person should have some experience building software in Windows

+environments as this is the target audience we want to ensure we do not

+leave behind. It would require close work with the Tor source code but

+probably only in the form of building, not authoring.

+</li>

+

 <li>

 Tor needs to be far more tested.  This is a multi-part effort.  To start

 with, our unit test coverage should rise substantially, especially in

@@ -323,11 +342,12 @@ the areas outside the utility functions.  This will require significant

 refactoring of some parts of Tor, in order to dissociate as much logic

 as possible from globals.<br />

 Additionally, we need to automate our performance testing.  We've got

-buildbot to automate our regular integration and compile testing already,

+buildbot (except on Windows — see above) to automate our regular 

+integration and compile testing already,

 but we need to get our network simulation tests (as built in torflow)

 updated for more recent versions of Tor, and designed to launch a test

 network either on a single machine, or across several, so we can test

-changes in performance on machines in different roles automatically.

+changes in performance on machines in different roles automatically.<br />

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