[tap-l] data request

[EBo]

>> BTW, I'm thinking of naming the tool SpinalTAP ;-)
> 
> Even better :)

;-)

> Really? That's quite odd - we've got 246 passes / 3 fails for the
current
> release:
> 
> http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/T/Test-Harness.html
> 
> And for those three failures we have, at most, four failed assertions
out
> of nearly 12,000 tests.
> 
> I'd be interested to see a transcript of a failing test run.

The version currently marked as stable and tested on Gentoo is 3.17.  I'll
update the tool-chain to experimental and see how it behaves. (this might
take a little while)

> I don't think we have any preference around licensing.

good to know.

> I assume it's possible to run Plan 9 on VMware or VirtualBox?

Yes, but I've mostly used 9vx, and a little qemu.  But I've heard of
others.

Here is some info on VMware:
  http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/59214
  http://www.planb-security.net/plan9/

>> As a final note, I am planning to submit a paper to the International
>> Workshop on Plan 9 (IWP9) on the TAP tools as well as my GSoC project. 
>> If
>> anyone is willing to give a friendly review of the paper or code when
>> released, I will be most grateful.  
> 
> 
> Absolutely!

Cool!  I'll let you know when I'm ready (which should be in a few days --
I hope).

  EBo --