From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE3DC433F5 for ; Mon, 16 May 2022 14:28:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229546AbiEPO2P (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2022 10:28:15 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42556 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231295AbiEPO2N (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2022 10:28:13 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.suse.de (smtp-out2.suse.de [195.135.220.29]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 895013B2A7 for ; Mon, 16 May 2022 07:28:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A0A61F383; Mon, 16 May 2022 14:28:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1652711291; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=oaKnbx/xu9eMRGlPWJxmHREQg55kifW5Ek7rL7s2h4U=; b=nFhgxKpbQVgsKxTykZbs6vx9wbChFMMeRF4QUvnVgcuLlxnfbvJORnqTqlurPwpTRJdSIi x0XV+cYFy9wyzdXqCThyyqova2BaTUCE9u6O8NgxX69gm2K6ftuD6+jM0iGChb+lyKHLey vcp6A4v740MuDFoVUh9qeKCSz5sAp/Q= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1652711291; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=oaKnbx/xu9eMRGlPWJxmHREQg55kifW5Ek7rL7s2h4U=; b=KD0IJvzVhe/2y6VYZSBcox2g50MJCiUKJeQnfyyyEwbdkiTDJAObdqVS8xtNqLGcgAmaK5 yOhGZO4BVFA6SUAw== Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAA8D13AAB; Mon, 16 May 2022 14:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([192.168.254.65]) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de with ESMTPSA id njksHHlfgmLvGAAAMHmgww (envelope-from ); Mon, 16 May 2022 14:28:09 +0000 Message-ID: <8da1af28-5ecf-6781-7428-826f630fac42@suse.de> Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 22:28:07 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.0 Subject: Re: mdadm test suite improvements Content-Language: en-US To: Mariusz Tkaczyk References: <20220516160941.00004e83@linux.intel.com> Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Nigel Croxon , Jes Sorensen , Xiao Ni From: Coly Li In-Reply-To: <20220516160941.00004e83@linux.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On 5/16/22 10:09 PM, Mariusz Tkaczyk wrote: > Hello All, > I'm working on names handling in mdadm and I need to add some new test to > the mdadm scope - to verify that it is working as desired. > Bash is not best choice for testing and in current form, our tests are not > friendly for developers. I would like to introduce another python based test > scope and add it to repository. I will integrate it with current framework. > > I can see that currently test are not well used and they aren't often updated. > I want to bring new life to them. Adopting more modern approach seems to be good > start point. > Any thoughts? Hi Mariusz, Yes IMHO python is more ideal than bash. Personally I am supportive to this idea. Thanks. Coly Li