* maintainership of fstests
@ 2022-03-20 17:38 Eryu Guan
2022-03-21 5:51 ` Zorro Lang
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Eryu Guan @ 2022-03-20 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: fstests; +Cc: Darrick J. Wong, Dave Chinner, Eric Sandeen, Amir Goldstein
Hi folks,
It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and
I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly
update due to something like public holidays.
But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal
urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month.
So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests.
I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to
spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update
pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new
maintainer.
Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before
(for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary
maintainer :)
What do you think?
Thanks,
Eryu
P.S.
I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until
all things settle down.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-03-20 17:38 maintainership of fstests Eryu Guan @ 2022-03-21 5:51 ` Zorro Lang 2022-03-21 16:19 ` Zorro Lang 2022-03-21 22:13 ` Darrick J. Wong 2 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Zorro Lang @ 2022-03-21 5:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eryu Guan; +Cc: fstests On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > Hi folks, > > It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > update due to something like public holidays. Thanks for your long time contribution! Even after you leave Red Hat, you still try to keep weekly updating, I don't know how to express my gratitude for that. Rich blessing to you and your family! Thanks, Zorro > > But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > maintainer. > > Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > maintainer :) > > What do you think? > > Thanks, > Eryu > > P.S. > I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > all things settle down. > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-03-20 17:38 maintainership of fstests Eryu Guan 2022-03-21 5:51 ` Zorro Lang @ 2022-03-21 16:19 ` Zorro Lang 2022-04-04 15:36 ` Eric Sandeen 2022-04-10 16:24 ` Eryu Guan 2022-03-21 22:13 ` Darrick J. Wong 2 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Zorro Lang @ 2022-03-21 16:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eryu Guan; +Cc: fstests On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > Hi folks, > > It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > update due to something like public holidays. > > But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > maintainer. Hi Eryu, By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your help, as previous colleague, as friend. Thanks, Zorro > > Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > maintainer :) > > What do you think? > > Thanks, > Eryu > > P.S. > I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > all things settle down. > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-03-21 16:19 ` Zorro Lang @ 2022-04-04 15:36 ` Eric Sandeen 2022-04-04 16:15 ` Zorro Lang 2022-04-10 16:24 ` Eryu Guan 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Eric Sandeen @ 2022-04-04 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eryu Guan, fstests On 3/21/22 11:19 AM, Zorro Lang wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and >> I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly >> update due to something like public holidays. >> >> But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal >> urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. >> So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. >> >> I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to >> spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update >> pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new >> maintainer. > > Hi Eryu, > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > help, as previous colleague, as friend. Hi Zorro - I'm sure that you would do well as a new maintainer, even if it requires some learning. Every new challenge requires learning. :) If you are able to balance it with your other tasks, I would be happy to see you take this on, if it's something you want to do. (See also Darrick's suggestion that maintainer tasks could be split up a bit, across the different filesystems.) Thanks, -Eric > Thanks, > Zorro > >> >> Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before >> (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary >> maintainer :) >> >> What do you think? >> >> Thanks, >> Eryu >> >> P.S. >> I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until >> all things settle down. >> > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-04-04 15:36 ` Eric Sandeen @ 2022-04-04 16:15 ` Zorro Lang 2022-04-05 0:57 ` Darrick J. Wong ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Zorro Lang @ 2022-04-04 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Sandeen; +Cc: Eryu Guan, fstests On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 3/21/22 11:19 AM, Zorro Lang wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > >> I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > >> update due to something like public holidays. > >> > >> But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > >> urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > >> So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > >> > >> I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > >> spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > >> pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > >> maintainer. > > > > Hi Eryu, > > > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I > > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > > help, as previous colleague, as friend. > > Hi Zorro - I'm sure that you would do well as a new maintainer, even if it > requires some learning. Every new challenge requires learning. :) If you are able > to balance it with your other tasks, I would be happy to see you take this on, > if it's something you want to do. > > (See also Darrick's suggestion that maintainer tasks could be split up a bit, > across the different filesystems.) Thanks for your trust, Eric. As you said, it'll be a challenge to me, but I'll try my best if I can have this opportunity. Thanks, Zorro > > Thanks, > -Eric > > > Thanks, > > Zorro > > > >> > >> Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > >> (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > >> maintainer :) > >> > >> What do you think? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Eryu > >> > >> P.S. > >> I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > >> all things settle down. > >> > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-04-04 16:15 ` Zorro Lang @ 2022-04-05 0:57 ` Darrick J. Wong 2022-04-05 9:04 ` Ritesh Harjani 2022-04-08 7:57 ` Boyang Xue 2 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Darrick J. Wong @ 2022-04-05 0:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Sandeen, Eryu Guan, fstests On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 12:15:44AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > > On 3/21/22 11:19 AM, Zorro Lang wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > >> Hi folks, > > >> > > >> It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > > >> I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > > >> update due to something like public holidays. > > >> > > >> But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > > >> urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > > >> So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > >> > > >> I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > > >> spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > > >> pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > > >> maintainer. > > > > > > Hi Eryu, > > > > > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I > > > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > > > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > > > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > > > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > > > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > > > help, as previous colleague, as friend. > > > > Hi Zorro - I'm sure that you would do well as a new maintainer, even if it > > requires some learning. Every new challenge requires learning. :) If you are able > > to balance it with your other tasks, I would be happy to see you take this on, > > if it's something you want to do. > > > > (See also Darrick's suggestion that maintainer tasks could be split up a bit, > > across the different filesystems.) > > Thanks for your trust, Eric. As you said, it'll be a challenge to me, but I'll try > my best if I can have this opportunity. Go for it!!!!1!! --D > Thanks, > Zorro > > > > > Thanks, > > -Eric > > > > > Thanks, > > > Zorro > > > > > >> > > >> Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > > >> (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > > >> maintainer :) > > >> > > >> What do you think? > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Eryu > > >> > > >> P.S. > > >> I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > > >> all things settle down. > > >> > > > > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-04-04 16:15 ` Zorro Lang 2022-04-05 0:57 ` Darrick J. Wong @ 2022-04-05 9:04 ` Ritesh Harjani 2022-04-08 7:57 ` Boyang Xue 2 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Ritesh Harjani @ 2022-04-05 9:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Sandeen, Eryu Guan, fstests On 22/04/05 12:15AM, Zorro Lang wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > > On 3/21/22 11:19 AM, Zorro Lang wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > >> Hi folks, > > >> > > >> It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > > >> I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > > >> update due to something like public holidays. > > >> > > >> But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > > >> urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > > >> So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > >> > > >> I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > > >> spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > > >> pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > > >> maintainer. > > > > > > Hi Eryu, > > > > > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I > > > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > > > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > > > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > > > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > > > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > > > help, as previous colleague, as friend. > > > > Hi Zorro - I'm sure that you would do well as a new maintainer, even if it > > requires some learning. Every new challenge requires learning. :) If you are able > > to balance it with your other tasks, I would be happy to see you take this on, > > if it's something you want to do. > > > > (See also Darrick's suggestion that maintainer tasks could be split up a bit, > > across the different filesystems.) > > Thanks for your trust, Eric. As you said, it'll be a challenge to me, but I'll try > my best if I can have this opportunity. Awesome!! :) -ritesh ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-04-04 16:15 ` Zorro Lang 2022-04-05 0:57 ` Darrick J. Wong 2022-04-05 9:04 ` Ritesh Harjani @ 2022-04-08 7:57 ` Boyang Xue 2 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Boyang Xue @ 2022-04-08 7:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Sandeen, Eryu Guan, fstests On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 5:50 AM Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > > On 3/21/22 11:19 AM, Zorro Lang wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > >> Hi folks, > > >> > > >> It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > > >> I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > > >> update due to something like public holidays. > > >> > > >> But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > > >> urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > > >> So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > >> > > >> I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > > >> spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > > >> pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > > >> maintainer. > > > > > > Hi Eryu, > > > > > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I > > > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > > > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > > > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > > > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > > > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > > > help, as previous colleague, as friend. > > > > Hi Zorro - I'm sure that you would do well as a new maintainer, even if it > > requires some learning. Every new challenge requires learning. :) If you are able > > to balance it with your other tasks, I would be happy to see you take this on, > > if it's something you want to do. > > > > (See also Darrick's suggestion that maintainer tasks could be split up a bit, > > across the different filesystems.) > > Thanks for your trust, Eric. As you said, it'll be a challenge to me, but I'll try > my best if I can have this opportunity. As his colleague, I see Zorro's great passion, effort and professional in the fs area. It's great to me that Zorro goes for this position. -Boyang > > Thanks, > Zorro > > > > > Thanks, > > -Eric > > > > > Thanks, > > > Zorro > > > > > >> > > >> Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > > >> (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > > >> maintainer :) > > >> > > >> What do you think? > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Eryu > > >> > > >> P.S. > > >> I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > > >> all things settle down. > > >> > > > > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-03-21 16:19 ` Zorro Lang 2022-04-04 15:36 ` Eric Sandeen @ 2022-04-10 16:24 ` Eryu Guan 2022-04-10 18:13 ` Darrick J. Wong 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Eryu Guan @ 2022-04-10 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: zlang; +Cc: fstests On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 12:19:35AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > > I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > > update due to something like public holidays. > > > > But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > > urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > > So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > > > I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > > spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > > pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > > maintainer. > > Hi Eryu, > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I Glad to hear that! I'm sure you can do it well! I'll talk to you to see how to make the transfor of maintainer go smoothly. Thanks, Eryu > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > help, as previous colleague, as friend. > > Thanks, > Zorro > > > > > Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > > (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > > maintainer :) > > > > What do you think? > > > > Thanks, > > Eryu > > > > P.S. > > I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > > all things settle down. > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-04-10 16:24 ` Eryu Guan @ 2022-04-10 18:13 ` Darrick J. Wong 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Darrick J. Wong @ 2022-04-10 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eryu Guan; +Cc: zlang, fstests On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 12:24:12AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 12:19:35AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > > > I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > > > update due to something like public holidays. > > > > > > But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > > > urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > > > So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > > > > > I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > > > spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > > > pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > > > maintainer. > > > > Hi Eryu, > > > > By thinking about it a while, I get up my courage to apply this job, although I > > Glad to hear that! I'm sure you can do it well! > > I'll talk to you to see how to make the transfor of maintainer go smoothly. Yeah... if you already have a kernel.org account, then you can ignore the rest of this email. :P First you'll need a *stable* email service of some kind -- this MicXXXXXX crap that increasing numbers of us are being forced to use by corporate IT is not going to cut it. Contributing to the gmXXX-vger mail delay swamp isn't great either. :/ Then you'll need to create a PGP key and get enough of us who already have kernel.org accounts (Eryu, dchinner, me, sandeen, hch, etc.) to sign it to convince the kernel.org admins that you're legit; and so that you can push signed tags to the git tree. I didn't get any hits in pgp.mit.edu or the kernel keysigning map, so I'm presuming you don't already have one... In the old days a signing party was easy enough when we could do that in person at LSFMM/LinuxCon/etc, but now ... I don't know what the verification process is. Next you'll want a kernel.org account so that you can push branches to git.kernel.org. You'll also have to ask them to add you to the group that has write access to the fstests repo: https://korg.docs.kernel.org/accounts.html In the meantime, if you need help pushing branches, I think at least Eric, Dave, and I all should still have write access. Anyways, welcome Zorro! --D > Thanks, > Eryu > > > know I'm not the best one can handle this job. Just this project is really > > useful for my team. Nearly from I joined Red Hat, my jobs started to around the > > xfstests. It's a great testsuit, which can cover most of our testing. I felt > > relieved when you toke this maintainer, and admired your courage at that time, > > that really helps us a lot. No matter what you decide, thanks again for all your > > help, as previous colleague, as friend. > > > > Thanks, > > Zorro > > > > > > > > Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > > > (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > > > maintainer :) > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Eryu > > > > > > P.S. > > > I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > > > all things settle down. > > > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-03-20 17:38 maintainership of fstests Eryu Guan 2022-03-21 5:51 ` Zorro Lang 2022-03-21 16:19 ` Zorro Lang @ 2022-03-21 22:13 ` Darrick J. Wong 2022-04-10 16:15 ` Eryu Guan 2 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Darrick J. Wong @ 2022-03-21 22:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eryu Guan; +Cc: fstests, Dave Chinner, Eric Sandeen, Amir Goldstein On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > Hi folks, > > It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > update due to something like public holidays. > > But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > maintainer. Thank you for your service for all that time! :) > Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > maintainer :) > > What do you think? Splitting responsibility for maintenance doesn't seem like a huge step to me -- for fs-specific tests, we need the developers for that fs to review test changes. Review for tests/generic/ can be done by the fs{devel,*} community at large, much as it is done now. The /difficult/ part, I think, is handling things like treewide reorganizations, and integration testing the test suite. That, I think, is what really requires a primary maintainer who has broader visibility into what's going on. That primary maintainer also has to have time to run a build-and-test farm of all the major fstests clients (ext*, xfs, btrfs, overlay, nfs, what else?) to make sure that new code doesn't break existing filesystems' ability to test themselves. Granted, (speaking only for XFS, probably btrfs, and maybe even ext*), we seem to notice regressions pretty fast when we download the weekly release, so I think the primary maintainer's focus probably ought to be more towards the non-mainstream Linux filesystems. Also: over the past 6 years, I have /really/ enjoyed the fact that fstests has small releases every 1-2 weeks as opposed to larger infrequent drops. It's a relief not to have to chase a merge window like I do for the kernel. Thank you a bunch for keeping that going! --D FYI: It's Spring Break here in the US, so you might not get much of a response for a week or two. > > Thanks, > Eryu > > P.S. > I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > all things settle down. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainership of fstests 2022-03-21 22:13 ` Darrick J. Wong @ 2022-04-10 16:15 ` Eryu Guan 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Eryu Guan @ 2022-04-10 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Darrick J. Wong Cc: Eryu Guan, fstests, Dave Chinner, Eric Sandeen, Amir Goldstein, zlang On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 03:13:36PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:38:23AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > It's almost 6 years since I've taken the maintainership of fstests, and > > I tried my best to keep the pace of weekly update, or at least bi-weekly > > update due to something like public holidays. > > > > But it's been a month since last fstests update due to my personal > > urgent issues, and some patches got no review for more than one month. > > So I think it's time to re-consider the maintainership of fstests. > > > > I will have less spare time in the foreseeable future, as I have to > > spend more time on my family, so it's hard to keep the weekly update > > pace. And six years is a long time, I think it's time to have a new > > maintainer. > > Thank you for your service for all that time! :) > > > Or we could go to the group-maintain way? As Darrick mentioned before > > (for xfs not fstests, if I recall correctly). Then we need a new primary > > maintainer :) > > > > What do you think? > > Splitting responsibility for maintenance doesn't seem like a huge step > to me -- for fs-specific tests, we need the developers for that fs to > review test changes. Review for tests/generic/ can be done by the > fs{devel,*} community at large, much as it is done now. Agreed. > > The /difficult/ part, I think, is handling things like treewide > reorganizations, and integration testing the test suite. That, I think, > is what really requires a primary maintainer who has broader visibility > into what's going on. Agreed. > > That primary maintainer also has to have time to run a build-and-test > farm of all the major fstests clients (ext*, xfs, btrfs, overlay, nfs, > what else?) to make sure that new code doesn't break existing > filesystems' ability to test themselves. Yes, that's what I did when I was at RH, I ran regression tests on all major filesystems and on all major arches (x86_64 ppc64(le) aarch64) before pushing new patches to git repo to make sure the new release is in good shape. And that's the problem for me now, as I don't have such machine resource anymore.. And that's what Zorro has now :) > > Granted, (speaking only for XFS, probably btrfs, and maybe even ext*), > we seem to notice regressions pretty fast when we download the weekly > release, so I think the primary maintainer's focus probably ought to be > more towards the non-mainstream Linux filesystems. > > Also: over the past 6 years, I have /really/ enjoyed the fact that > fstests has small releases every 1-2 weeks as opposed to larger > infrequent drops. It's a relief not to have to chase a merge window > like I do for the kernel. Thank you a bunch for keeping that going! Thanks for all the help and reviews all these years! Thanks, Eryu > > --D > > FYI: It's Spring Break here in the US, so you might not get much of a > response for a week or two. > > > > > Thanks, > > Eryu > > > > P.S. > > I'll keep the maintainer role and do the review & update as usual until > > all things settle down. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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