Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfstests: new mailing list

Dave Chinner
2014-05-16T22:19:40Z

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 01:53:20AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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 take a lot more work - .e.g renaming/moving
source trees and a fixing all the documentation that points to it...

So, small steps.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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