Re: [PATCH RFC OSSTEST v1 07/12] ts-debian-di-install: Allow Di Version to come from runvars

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>]

On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 14:39 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH RFC OSSTEST v1 07/12] ts-debian-di-install:
> Allow Di Version to come from runvars"):
> > and following the lead of the suite arrange for a version selected
> > from the defaults to be written back to the runvars.
> ...
> > -                      debian_guest_suite
> > +                      debian_guest_suite debian_guest_diversion
> 
> Can we please call this function, ..._di_version ?  Otherwise it sounds
> very much like something is being diverted.
> 
> > +sub debian_guest_diversion ($) {
> > +    my ($gho) = @_;
> > +
> > +    $gho->{DiVersion} //= guest_var($gho,'diversion',undef);
> > +
> > +    if (!$gho->{DiVersion}) {
> > +	$gho->{DiVersion} = $c{TftpDiVersion};
> > +	store_runvar("$gho->{Guest}_diversion", $gho->{DiVersion});
> 
> I'm not sure what we should do about the runvar.  `diversion' is a bad
> name but there is a risk with `..._di_version' getting confused with
> all the `..._revision' fields.
> 
> OTOH
> 
> osstestdb=> select distinct name from runvars where name like '%version';
>          name
>          ----------------------
>           device_model_version
>           (1 row)
> 
> osstestdb=>
> 
> So maybe guest_di_version would be the right answer.

Yes, I think so too, I'll go with that.

> Aside from the questions about this name, this patch LGTM.
> 
> Ian.

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