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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:03:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 8e6f4691 (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:03:05 +0200 From: Patrick Steinhardt To: Junio C Hamano Cc: SZEDER =?utf-8?B?R8OhYm9y?= , git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King , Todd Zullinger Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] ci: rename linux-TEST-vars job Message-ID: References: <20261009-pks-ci-housekeeping-v2-0-6863d58ef691@pks.im> <20261009-pks-ci-housekeeping-v2-5-6863d58ef691@pks.im> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 07:47:35AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Patrick Steinhardt writes: > > >> Seeing "linux-exotic", I would think of a job running tests on an > >> exotic Linux distro, or on an exotic platform... but it wouldn't > >> occur to me that it intends to set a bunch of GIT_TEST_* variables, > >> simply because there is nothing in its name to indicate that. > >> > >> I think this patch makes things worse. > > > > ... I think it's still a fair point. The question is whether we can come > > up with a better name then that is not an eyesore and that gives you a > > clue what the job is doing without you having to know about the > > underlying mechanism. > > > > A couple of names that come to my mind would be "linux-nondefault", > > "linux-optional-features"... and not much else. Do you have any > > suggestions? > > Among the following, my current favourite is "feathre testbed". > > == Feature & Capability Focus == > > * linux-experimental-features / linux-experimental > > Directly states that the job enables experimental features. This > is clear, standard industry terminology, and avoids any ambiguity > about the Linux distribution itself. Not all of the features are experimental though, so I feel like this is a bit misleading. > * linux-feature-testbed > > Positions the job as a testbed specifically for experimental > features, which aligns perfectly with its testing nature. I like this one, will adopt the naming. Thanks! Patrick