[Caml-list] ANN: Initial Release of OCI, a framework for continuous integrations and benchmarks

[Caml-list] ANN: Initial Release of OCI, a framework for continuous integrations and benchmarks

[François Bobot]

Hi everyone,

I'm pleased to release OCI. OCI is a framework for continuous integrations and benchmarks. At its 
heart it is a container manager and at the top a tool that allows to compile, test, and compare 
compilations and runs of inter-dependent git repositories.

The main interest of OCI is to be able to select a specific commit of a project, and of its 
dependencies, easily.

Here let's imagine myproj is your cool project ;) :
* ./myproj-client run --rootfs 1 myproj
* ./myproj-client run --rootfs 1 --myproj=cool_feature myproj
* ./myproj-client run --rootfs 1 --ocaml=4.03 myproj
* ./myproj-client run --rootfs 1 --ocaml=trunk --myproj=new_warning_trunk myproj

This ability allows it to compare the performance of different commits of a project but also to 
compare between different versions of libraries or the compiler (ex: flambda)

OCI is used continuously for testing pull-requests within the Frama-C development team, and it also 
allows to track continuously their compatibility with the current tip of ocaml 4.03 branch 
(automatically compiled when it changes).

The tutorial at https://github.com/bobot/oci/blob/master/README.adoc will show you a full example of 
the abilities of OCI. The possibility to use OCI as a framework is not shown yet.

You can install it with:

   opam install oci



The repository is at:

   https://github.com/bobot/oci


It has been presented at the last Ocaml User in Paris (OUPS) and it is supported by the ANR SOPRANO 
Project.

Best,

-- 
François Bobot