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

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/07/2016 14:06, "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 07/07/16 18:17, Lars Kurth wrote:
>> Alright,
>>
>> it appears we are at an impasse here. Not hosting the code on xenbits as
>> suggested by David, seems to be the worst solution and will benefit
>> no-one. 
>>
>>...
>> That should address everyones concern, as far as I can tell from the the
>> e-mail thread. If anyone disagrees, please shout within the next few
>>days.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Lars
>> P.S.: I moved fixing some of our governance issues towards the top of my
>> TODO list
>
>I have no problem with Ian's earlier suggestion:

Alright. Ian confirmed on IRC that he has no problem either. Which means
the main issue is unblocked and the repo can be created.

>
>> "CI (continuous integration)" is the keyword that many people will
>> have for osstest.
>>
>> I would suggest
>>
>>   (This is not the Xen Project's CI / Continuous Integration /
>>    automated push gate system.  For that, see
>>    <a href="wiki">osstest</a>.)
>>
>> or something.
>
>Adding something like that to the XTF documentation is perfectly fine.
>I also have no problem with the other xtf changes in descriptions/etc
>suggested.

That makes perfect sense (but also see below).

>However, OSSTest has always been known as OSSTest (including all
>references in the automated emails), and not as a xen test framework.
>Taking any steps to make OSSTest retroactively searchable as a xen test
>framework is a dumb move, which will only confuse users.
>
>I fully admit that had OSSTest been named differently then I might not
>have chosen XTF as a name, but that didn't happen.  Trying to rewrite
>history isn't the answer.

I am not trying to re-write history. Ultimately I don't mind what the
exact description of OSSTEST says, as long as it is accurate, which is why
I said "something along the lines of ...". Right now there is no wiki or
other xenbits documentation about OSSTEST which is outside the git tree
(except for a few blog posts). Which is mainly why I raised this.

Of course you are right that OSSTest is established and people who have
been around for a while know that. The key question is what newcomers who
don't know would search for: and to be honest I don't know. But it seems
reasonable to me that the "OSSTEST" page should come up when googling for
a combination/sub-set of the following keywords: "test", "xen",
"Continuous Integration", "CI", "suite", "push-gate" and maybe
"framework".  

Lars
 

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