Re: [libvirt-test-API] Plans for code update

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Kletzander" <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Ruifeng Bian" <rbian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 5:20:15 PM
> Subject: Re:  [libvirt-test-API] Plans for code update
> 
> [Cc'ing Suren as he might have some info]
> 
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:51:34PM -0400, Ruifeng Bian wrote:
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Martin Kletzander" <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "Ruifeng Bian" <rbian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:57:26 PM
> >> Subject: Re:  [libvirt-test-API] Plans for code update
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 02:17:22AM -0400, Ruifeng Bian wrote:
> >> >
> >> >I am not sure how many of you keep an eye on this project.
> >>
> >> From what I know, not many.  I believe it is used in some CI
> >> _somewhere_... by _someone_.
> >>
> >> >The project is for testing libvirt-python APIs, but many test cases are
> >> >not fully implemented until now.
> >>
> >> And many of them are broken by design.  I remember fixing one just out
> >> of sheer curiosity and it was hard not to go down the rabbit hole and
> >> get stuck in there.
> >>
> >> >We want to keep this project updated in the future, the following aspects
> >> >will be considered to update the code:
> >> >1. Code style - Use inspekt to check code style.
> >> >2. Pythonizing the code - Replace all shell scripts with python.
> >> >3. Bug fixing - Some code bugs need to be fixed.
> >> >4. New features - Add more API test cases.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Good luck with that, it looks like the code haven't gotten a good scrub
> >> in years.  Are you planning to use it somewhere?  Will there be anything
> >> left after cleanups? =)
> >
> >Actually we always use this project in our team. But the code hasn't
> >synchronized
> >to upstream for a long time. We have 3 guys working on this project now. And
> >we
> >Plan to synchronize our code with upstream recently.
> >
> >>
> >> >Any feedback or suggestion is welcome. Let's work together to contribute
> >> >to this project.
> >> >
> >>
> >> One suggestion could be too have a look at avocado-vt (what used to be
> >> autotest's virt-test) for that is being still actively developed.
> >> Although I have no idea what's your intention, so I might be just
> >> generating noise, in which case I apologise.
> >
> >Yes, we also have the thought of integrating this project with avocado-vt.
> >It will
> >require much work to do. We will take this as our second step.
> >
> 
> It shouldn't be that hard, though.  I haven't had any one of them set up
> in a while, but if I'll find some time somewhere I'll try to look into
> that.  The integration with avocado-vt is the only benefit I could've
> thought of.  It would be great if we could expand the testing by fixing
> that test suite and integrating it into existing CI.

It would be great if you could help on this. 
The design of the two test suite are very different. libvirt-test-API is
designed to run a set of test cases in a test runner. It seems the integration
isn't very easy. Anyway, We should have a try.

> 
> >Thanks a lot.
> >
> >>
> >> Have a nice day,
> >> Martin
> >>
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Ruifeng Bian
> >> >
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