Re: [Xen-devel] xenbits "official" repo for XTF (was Re: [PATCH 0/2] xtf: add launcher (+1 bugfix)

[George Dunlap <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Andrew Cooper
<andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/06/16 16:04, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> Roger Pau Monne writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2] xtf: add launcher (+1 
>> bugfix)"):
>>> This series contains a bugfix for the build infrastructure and a basic
>>> launcher for XTF. Patches can also be found in the following git repo:
>>>
>>> git://xenbits.xen.org/people/royger/xen-test-framework.git launcher_v1
>> IMO we should give this thing a proper repo in the root of the xenbits
>> git namespace.
>>
>> I'm slightly concerned that `xen-test-framework' is a bit vague.  It
>> sounds like a CI system (of which we already have at least three ...),
>> rather than a collection of tests based on tiny VMs, each designed to
>> make specific demands of the host environment.
>>
>> Andrew, do you have other naming ideas ?  I don't object to "xtf" but
>> that's just an acronym, and the expansion is confusing.  I think
>> qualifying the somehow might be useful.
>>
>> Others: do you have opinions ?  Is my concern ill-founded ?
>
> The XTF name has been around for 2 years now.
>
> Out of curiosity, I searched for it on google, and found my written
> documentation as the top hit.
>
> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=xen+test+framework&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=InxeV52HDYHc-QG0-qN4
>
> The snippet summary includes the first line of the introduction, "This
> is both a framework for creating microkernel-based tests, and a suite of
> tests built using the framework", which should be sufficient
> clarification for anyone with questions.
>
> I am not completely averse to changing it, but I don't see an
> alternative which is any better or clearer.

Do you have any opinions on "Xen verification framework"?

If we weren't going to change it, then you should probably put a note
somewhere near the top of the introduction saying something like, "If
you're looking for the Xen automated push-gate software, you want
osstest[link]", so that people who want osstest but search for "xen
test framework" find what they're looking for.

 -George

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