Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfstests: new mailing list

Lukáš Czerner
2014-05-16T08:55:51Z

On Fri, 16 May 2014, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 01:53:20 -0700
> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
> To: Luk?? Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
> fstests@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
> linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfstests: new mailing list
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:48:42AM +0200, Luk?? Czerner wrote:
> > > > 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.

-Lukas