Re: Central repo for VirtIO conformance tests?

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

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On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 01:14:33PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 07:52:33AM -0400, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:
> > > So what do people think? Where would be a good place for common test
> > > repository to live?
> > 
> > Maintaining the tests alongside the VIRTIO spec seems like a good fit
> > to me. Here is information on how to create a GitHub repo under the
> > OASIS VIRTIO Technical Committee:
> > https://www.oasis-open.org/open-repositories/
> > 
> > I don't see a reason to maintain the tests under QEMU or rust-vmm
> > unless they provide some unique project infrastructure that an
> > independent project would lack or need to reinvent.
> 
> IMHO opening that very link above illustrates the reason why *NOT* to
> host this under OASIS. Any potential contributor is faced with a 4 page
> long blurb of all sorts of rules & legal requirements, including
> 
>   "Each TC Open Repository shall be subject to a Contributor
>    License Agreement (“CLA”) by which all persons making repo
>    contributions into it are bound."
> 
> Hosting anywhere else would be better from the POV of removing barriers
> to potential contribution.

I didn't notice the CLA requirement. I agree, it's better to host it
elsewhere.

Stefan

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