[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] xenbits "official" repo for XTF (was Re: [PATCH 0/2] xtf: add launcher (+1 bugfix)
On 08/07/16 14:42, Lars Kurth wrote: > > 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". I think the suggested changes to XTF documentation/description should be able to cover these cases. I don't expect anyone to be blindly trying to find things like this; I would expect that searches would be based on information from the xen-devel list to start with. ~Andrew _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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