Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 6 authors, 2014-05-19

Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfstests: new mailing list

From: Calvin Walton <hidden>
Date: 2014-05-16 14:02:07
Also in: linux-btrfs, linux-fsdevel, linux-xfs

On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 10:55 +0200, Lukáš Czerner wrote:
On Fri, 16 May 2014, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:48:42AM +0200, Luk?? Czerner wrote:
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As requested I've created a new mailing list for xfstests
development and discussion. Reflecting the fact that the test
harness is not really XFS specific anymore, the list is:

	fstests@vger.kernel.org
Isn't there an "x" missing somewhere?
It's intentional and it is "Reflecting the fact that the test
harness is not really XFS specific anymore", even though the test
suite itself keep the name xfstests.

This way it's more obvious to people that this is in fact not xfs
specific.
Having the name different from the project it is for is stupid.  Either
rename the test suite, or use the same name for the mailing list.
Renaming the test suite is a good option if we can agree on this.
Instead of renaming the test suite, why not just "backronym" it to mean
something different? The letter x is used to mean "cross" in many
contexts, so "xfstests" could easily mean "cross-filesystem tests" - a
name that fits perfectly!

Only kind of joking,
Calvin.

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Calvin Walton [off-list ref]

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