Re: Open for contribution towards xfstests for btrfs

[Kiran Patil <kirantpatil@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Kiran Patil <kirantpatil@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 1/7/13 4:18 AM, Kiran Patil wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We have a team of 5 students who would like to contribute to btrfs
>>> filesystem testing using xfstests.
>>>
>>> Is there space for them to contribute?
>>>
>>> If yes, to whom do they need to keep in touch for guidance.
>>
>> (cc: xfs list)
>>
>> Are you thinking of writing new tests, or doing more formal testing
>> with the existing testsuite?  Both would be useful.
>>
>> In particular, any time there's a bugfix, a regression test is helpful.
>> Generic new tests of btrfs functionality would be good, too.
>>
>> I would suggest starting with a couple new tests, and cc: the xfs list
>> for review.  In the course of the review you'll get a sense of the various
>> conventions used in xfstests, etc.
>>
>> Simply running xfstests over various btrfs configurations would also
>> be useful, to be sure any regressions caught by existing tests don't go
>> unnoticed.
>>
>> thanks,
>> -Eric
>>
> Dear Eric and David,
>
> Thanks a lot for your inputs.
>
> We will work on them and soon we will start our work.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Kiran

Sorry, I forgot to say thanks to Liu and Arne.

Thank you Liu and Arne for your suggestions.

-Kiran