Re: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #80110] Bugzilla Component for KUnit?

[Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>]

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 11:55 AM Konstantin Ryabitsev via RT
<kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On 2019-10-02 17:53:58, brendanhiggins@google.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am thinking about requesting a Bugzilla component for my kernel
> > project KUnit. I am not sure if this is the right place for it.  Some
> > background on KUnit: We are working on adding unit testing for the
> > Linux
> > kernel[1][2]. We have our initial patchset that introduces the
> > subsystem
> > in the process of being merged (Linus sent our PR back to us for a
> > minor
> > fix[3], so it should be in either 5.4-rc2 or 5.5, but is nevertheless
> > in
> > linux-next). However, we also have a staging repo that people are
> > using
> > and some supporting code that lives outside of the kernel.
> >
> > So I am trying to figure out:
> >
> > 1. Is it appropriate to request a Bugzilla component before our
> >    subsystem has been merged into torvalds/master? I would just wait,
> >    but I have some users looking to file issues, so I would prefer to
> >    provide them something sooner rather than later.
> >
> > 2. Is it appropriate to use the kernel's Bugzilla to track issues
> >    outside of the Linux kernel? As I mention above, we have code that
> >    lives outside of the kernel; is it appropriate to use kernel.org's
> >    Bugzilla for this?
> >
> > 3. Does Bugzilla match my planned usage model? It doesn't look like
> >    Bugzilla get's much usage aside from reporting bugs. I want to use
> >    it for tracking feature progress and things like that. Is that
> > okay?
>
> Yes, we can certainly host this on bugzilla.kernel.org. Would you be okay with Tools/KUnit as product/category?

Cool, well as long as none of my above points are an issue for you.
Then yes, can you create me a component? I am fine with Tools/KUnit as
the product/category.

Thanks!