Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] fstests: boiler plate reductions

[Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 12:50:36PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 09:51:07PM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote:
> > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:47:50AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > > Most (possibly all?) of the code under tests/ has GPL license blurbs
> > > - they'll all get converted by this same process. It's a bit murkier
> > > when it comes to src/ and ltp/, as this code has varied history. For
> > > these directories, the first pass I make will for code that has
> > > explicit GPL licenses. Every other file will need to be looked at
> > > on a case by case basis and done as time permits...
> > > 
> > > Please note that I'm not trying to change the license on any of the
> > > code, just change the way it is documented to reduce boilerplate
> > > code. If I've made any changes that modify the license of any
> > > specific code, then I've made a mistake and I need to fix that.
> > > Please point out anywhere you think my actions have not been clear
> > > and obvious.
> > > 
> > > Once we have some consensus on how we want to proceed, I'll do the
> > > grunt work and co-ordinate with Eryu on minimising the number of
> > > times I have to rebase a patchset that is going to touch around 1500
> > > files...
> > 
> > How would you like to proceed with a minimum number of rebasing times? I
> > think that most rebase work would come from new tests that being added
> > during the whole process, I think I could do
> > 
> > 1) simply suspend adding new tests until the whole work is done, or
> > 2) convert new tests myself if there're just a few of them
> 
> Easiest thing to do would be for me to convert the tree immediately
> before you send out an update. e.g. do your update, send me a note,
> I'll run the conversion scripts and send you a pull request based on
> the tree you've finished updating....

That said - this works for the licensing changes, because that's
easily scripted. The setup template stuff is going to be a longer
process because it's not so easily scripted. Let's get the license
change sorted first, then I'll worry about the setup template
updates...

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com