Initial Kyua import into NetBSD done

I am very happy to announce that the initial import of Kyua into the NetBSD source tree is complete! It has been a really long journey and this is the first step towards completion. No, this is nowhere done yet: while the code is in the tree, there is some more integration work to be done.

For more details, please read the full announcement in the NetBSD blog or my post in the current-users mailing list.

Importing Kyua into NetBSD: the plan

After years of development (and long pauses due to "real life"), the time to propose the import of Kyua into NetBSD has come. This needs to happen for two reasons: first, to force me to finish the little details necessary for this transition; and, second, to finally get rid of the old ATF code and allow us to have shiny new features in Kyua. And today is just as good as any other time to start the process.

The detailed plan can be found in the "Kyua: The way into NetBSD" wiki page and the initial discussion will take place in the tech-userlevel@ "Importing Kyua into NetBSD" thread.

Let the commenting start!

An introduction to Kyua for NetBSD users

The Kyua wiki site used to contain a pretty brief document detailing how to run the NetBSD test suite using Kyua. Such document was quite incomplete and out of place: a document for NetBSD users should really be placed on the NetBSD site, and give all the relevant information for such users.

To start paving the way for the integration of Kyua into NetBSD (which is close, but not that close), I have spent the day writing a more detailed introduction to Kyua for NetBSD users. The main purpose of such document, at this point, is to explain what benefits Kyua brings to NetBSD and how to use the current Kyua from pkgsrc to run the NetBSD test suite. (Eventually, I hope the document to include a detailed transition proposal, to be able to discuss it with other developers.)

The new document lives in the NetBSD Wiki under the page "Kyua: an introduction for NetBSD users". Please give it a look and send feedback!