[rfc] dual-mode regression testing

Hello, As it stands now, most testing force goes to the trunk of SVN, which is good. The problem is that there are few regression runners running against the release branch, and I think we have a trade off: a regression runner volunteer will choose to work on either the trunk or the release branch, but taking care of both is possibly too much of a hassle. It is assumed that the release branch is much cleaner and thus needs less attention, but it's better to be safe than sorry wrt this. My proposal is then: why not modify the regression tool code so that it operates by default in *dual mode*, i.e. it automatically downloads two tarballs (trunk & release) to different folders, test them separately and upload the results to the appropriate destinations? From the point of view of a volunteer, setting this to work is as simple as having it running only against one branch, and the only drawback is that resource consumption doubles, but this might be acceptable to a fair number of people. Comments? Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
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