[LTP] [Automated-testing] [RFC] Include runltp-ng (runltp successor) into LTP git

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Tim,

> Just one quick bit of feedback...

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: automated-testing@lists.yoctoproject.org <automated-testing@lists.yoctoproject.org> On Behalf Of Andrea Cervesato via
> > lists.yoctoproject.org

> > Hi,

> > as you may know, runltp has been under bug fixing for years without
> > providing any new feature. For this reason the Perl runltp-ng
> > (https://github.com/metan-ucw/runltp-ng) was developed, providing an
> > alternative solution that wasn't completely accepted by LTP community
> > due to the choice of using Perl as the main language.

> > For this reason, a new Python runltp-ng has been developed during this
> > year, with the target to replace Perl version and the current runltp in
> > the next future. Its code can be found here:
> > https://github.com/acerv/runltp-ng

> I think this sounds like a great project, and I look forward to trying it out.

> > runltp-ng Python version provides the following features:
> >      - class based architecture in Python 3.6+

> Why python 3.6+?  Fuego uses a docker container with an older
> version of Debian, that defaults to Python version 3.5.3.
We support versions from 3.6 to 3.11.
We didn't want to maintain anything older.

> Is there something specifically in Python 3.6 that is required for runltp-ng?
> Could it be avoided so that runltp-ng could be backward compatible with
> older interpreters?
Andrea will give more info, there was some limitations.

FYI runltp-ng allows you to connect over SSH (i.e. running on newer host) or
test qcow image started with QEMU. We are also thinking about supporting rootfs
+ separate kernel (output of https://buildroot.org/). Not sure if this helps
you.

We actually try to encourage people to not run runltp-ng on SUT, running from
host will allow more control in case of crashed system by test.

Kind regards,
Petr

> (Sorry, but this is one of my pet peeves about the whole Python ecosystem - the lack of
> backward compatibility, and the constant need to be creating virtual environments
> for basic tools and apps.)
>  -- Tim



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