From: Calvin Walton Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfstests: new mailing list Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 10:02:07 -0400 Message-ID: <1400248927.979.2.camel@sasami.ottawa.blindsidenetworks.com> References: <20140516044611.GA8206@dastard> <20140516054009.GA17647@infradead.org> <20140516085320.GA29279@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Chinner , fstests@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com To: =?UTF-8?Q?Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1?= Czerner Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 10:55 +0200, Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1 Czerner wrote: > On Fri, 16 May 2014, 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: > > > > >=20 > > > > > fstests@vger.kernel.org > > > >=20 > > > > Isn't there an "x" missing somewhere? > > >=20 > > > 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. > > >=20 > > > This way it's more obvious to people that this is in fact not xfs > > > specific. > >=20 > > Having the name different from the project it is for is stupid. Ei= ther > > rename the test suite, or use the same name for the mailing list. >=20 > Renaming the test suite is a good option if we can agree on this. Instead of renaming the test suite, why not just "backronym" it to mean something different? The letter x is used to mean "cross" in many contexts, so "xfstests" could easily mean "cross-filesystem tests" - a name that fits perfectly! Only kind of joking, Calvin. --=20 Calvin Walton -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html