[pts] Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 "Bardu" Beta 1

[Michael Larabel]

The first beta release of Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 Beta 1 is now 
available with an impressive set of changes (50+ changes) since the PTS 
2.2 Alpha 4 release two weeks ago.

All of the details concerning the work invested in Phoronix Test Suite 
2.2 "Bardu" thus far is described @ 
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=14302

Download @ http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=downloads

The official change-log since Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 Alpha 4 is listed 
below.

-- Michael

Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 Beta 1
October 27, 2009

- pts-core: Fix for running result files that have forced AA/AF levels 
and then fail to merge
- pts-core: On missing timezone setting, set to UTC if the PHP version 
is 5.3.0 or newer, emits a warning otherwise
- pts-core: Change change-results-display-order option command to 
reorder-result-file
- pts-core: Add edit-result-file meta option
- pts-core: Add MinimumLength tag to XML test profile specification
- pts-core: Add MaximumLength tag to XML test profile specification
- pts-core: Few fixes/changes to test execution code
- pts-core: When dealing with the stats support for validating test 
results, don't increase the run count prematurely
- pts-core: Fend off divide by zero errors in the standard deviation code
- pts-core: Improve performance of PTS assignment functions
- pts-core: Don't remove the PTS run_lock when running a secondary 
instance of PTS
- pts-core: Add debug-run option to provide more run-time information to 
assist test profile writers in debugging / verifying profiles
- pts-core: Drop central pts-core debugging code since it was very 
rarely used and not too helpful
- pts-core: Add in additional LC_NUMERIC override to eliminate non-US 
decimal problems with test results
- pts-core: Various test run code clean-ups
- pts-core: With make-download-cache option only check for downloads on 
installed tests
- pts-core: Support "all" as an argument with remove-installed-test option
- pts-core: Improve object security
- pts-core: Improve desktop responsiveness of GTK2 GUI
- pts-core: Add automated Internet connectivity check on start
- pts-core: More efficient paths for determining reference system 
comparisons
- pts-core: Add __pre_test_download, __interim_test_download, and 
__post_test_download hooks to the PTS module API
- pts-core: Start work on GTK2 GUI interface for during the test 
installation and run processes
- pts-core: Rewrite web-browser launching code
- pts-core: Rework list-tests option code
- pts-core: Build select caches on start-up when running GTK2 GUI
- pts-core: New bash completion support
- pts-core: Support using the update_checker module from the GTK2 GUI 
for notifying of new PTS releases
- pts-core: Add initial bisect module to allow users to hook PTS into 
any Git repository for bisecting with external script
- pts-core: Use pts_test_profile within pts-includes-run
- pts-core: Check for allow_url_fopen php.ini setting if it's disabled 
rather than letting it produce a warning
- pts-core: Rename the pts_standard_display_mode to pts_basic_display_mode
- pts-core: When running in batch mode or with debug-run, at end of 
testing report any tests/options that failed to properly run
- pts-core: When tests are not installed when called in run-test option, 
prompt the user to automatically install the tests from there
- pts-core: At end of the install process, list all tests that failed to 
properly install
- pts-core: Various bug fixes
- phodevi: Fend off possible infinite loop on OpenBSD when 
phodevi_parser::read_sysctl() fails
- phodevi: Fix for reporting fglrx version string with newer versions of 
ATI Catalyst Linux driver
- phodevi: Improve motherboard detection on BSD operating systems
- phodevi: Improve CPU temperature detection on BSD operating systems
- tandem_Xml: XML parsing fix when reading
- pts: Fix for prey test profile
- pts: Update openal external dependency in fedora-packages.xml
- pts: Update compress-7zip test profile against p7zip 9.04 version
- pts: Update sqlite test profile against SQLite 3.6.19
- pts: Update wine-unstable base test profile against Wine 1.1.32
- pts: Update graphics-magick test profile against GraphicsMagick 1.3.7
- pts: Use fedora-packages.xml external dependencies on CentOS instead 
of centos-packages.xml that is the same but less maintained
- pts: Upstream request regarding cmake change for minion test profile